You just never know whats in store for you. Things have been really working in my life. I feel that God is really pulling me and wanting me to do something, but I don't know what it really is that God wants me to do. I know that God is really trying. He has put people in my life that have changed me. I could never imagine what I would do without them in my life.
One day a student teacher was brought into my life. Her name back then was Ms. Jones and the funniest thing to me was that when I first met her I thought she was so mean and sacry. I had heard so many stories about her and I thought oh great, but she turned out to be really really nice. I am sure to her I was a big punk. When I met this lady I was a senior in high school, and I thought I ruled the school pretty much, so I definately had a big head. I remember walking in to her classroom and just sitting behind Mrs. Smith's desk and just talking away to Mrs. Smith. I remember just coming and going during the class. This was back when the livestrong bracelets were popular and I was wearing one. This to me is really weird that one day she was sitting there talking to me and was telling me how she would never wear the livestrong bracelets because Lance Armstrong was a Atheist. Then she asked what I believed in and I remember just getting up and leaving the room. I went to my next class which at that time was my independent calculus class and the teacher there knew somethign was up with me and told me he would pray for me...and I thought it was very weird because I knew that she was a very religious but we had never talked about it. I remember as I was sitting there I felt bad that I had left Ms. Jones like I had. I asked if I could go upstairs and talk to her...before I left I wrote a note to my teacher Mrs. Parritt asking if someone that didn't go to church could be a Christian. I went on upstairs to talk to Ms. Jones. At that point in time she told me she was sorry for asking me and didn't realize it was such a touchy subject. I remember just telling her I was really confused and that throughout my life I continued to run from God. This lady had never really ever talked to me this really was the first time she had ever talked to me and here I am spilling my guts to her and crying in the school hallway. But really I think I am just here really to let people know that you just never know who is going to walk into your life and change your life completely.
After meeting this Ms. Jones, I "met" Mrs. Parritt, actually I had known her for a while, but this changed everything. She amazed me by how religous she is and how she really cared for me and how she was really there for me. She kept helping me through all the steps to become a Christian, even though I don't feel like I am a Christian, she surely helped me out...she helped get me back in a church after four years of running, she helped me go in front of my church and committ my life, she helped me make the steps to become baptized. I mean she just did so much to help me out...and I can't imagine where I would be without her in my life. Its just unbelievable how much she has helped me and how much she means to me. I mean she was just a teacher to me and now she is my best friend and biggest supporter.
When I first got into college I had to get a job, but I didn't know that when I was getting this job that I would meet two people that would change my life. When I first got there I was this shy kid that had very low self-eestem and didn't feel like I was going to do anything with my life. My boss Mary Beth changed my life, but it wasn't immediately, but it doesn't matter how long it took...it just matters that it happened.. Its unbelievable that I have only known her for a year and about a month and she has made such a graet impact on my life. She really just makes things so much easier for me and makes things so much better. She truly believes in me and is always there for me. Sometimes I can't believe that I was even lucky enough to even meet her, much less be her friend, but here she is. She has done so much for me and so much to help change my life. She's watched me change and grow in so many different ways, celebrating my accomplishments and supporting my dreams. I feel like I have known her all my life, perhaps because she's dried so many tears. Because she's been so sweet and understanding in the toughest times she's made me laugh and smile. Always her concern has been for me. Today for example I wasn't suppose to be at work but I came in all upset and I know she had tons to do but she was there to really listen to me and really be there for me...and you can tell that she really cares for me...when I start to get upset you can see in her eyes that she wants to cry. That she feels what I feel...its great having someone like that in my life.
Of course I did say two people that would change my life. This second person is someone that I have only know for about four months...and I know you are probably saying four months how can they change your life...I would be thinking the same thing if it hadn't happen to me and it possibly could be longer that I've known her it seems like I've known her my whole entire life as if we knew each other in another lifetime. She at first was someone I really wasn't sure about which isn't unusually for me and I am not going to lie there are still time I am not sure about her, but I know that she really cares. She definately is a great influence on me. It all started by working on a stuffing and cutting task that she wanted me to come to her office and do and I did and thats when the friendship began. I think she really will change my life. She really is helping me become a better person. She is helping me get over so many bad habits I have and so many things I am scared of. She's helping me face my fears face on...and is so willing to help me in anything. She is a great person that I hope to continue to learn from. Specially with my walk with faith, she might just be the one thing that can really help me in become a Christian. She's great and I hope that we continue to become good friends and that she continues to change my life.
I know that I am very blessed to have these people in my life and I hope that I can one day change someones life like these people have on me. Its amazing how a complete stranger can change your life. Just remember you never know what is planned. You never know who is going to change your life or whose life you may change. I am truly blessed that these people and a few others are in my life, because without them I wouldn't be who I am. You just never know whose going to change your life. These people change my life every year, every month, every day, every hour, every minute, and every second. They are here to believe in me, they are here to help me in reaching my future goals, they are here to believe in me when I no longer can believe in myself, they are here to help me be that person that they know I can be and that I know I can be deep down. You don't have to do anything big, you just have to be there... There are so many things that these people have done for me, but I am sure they have no idea, they do it because they believe in me and love me and like me. So just remember to be open minded when meeting someone, to always be nice to the person next to you, because you just never know who you may meet and how much they may change your life.
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