Do you remember elementary school?? I am almost 26 now, so it is getting a little foggy, but that isn't the point I want to make. When I was in elementary school, around 3rd grade, I remember our science teachers telling us that "the atom is the smallest unit of matter". This just isn't the case, we have electrons, neutrons, protons, and these are made of smaller units of quarks and various other things. I'm no physicist so I won't get into details of atoms and such, arguments of this kind are of a secondary nature here. The point I want to make today is that: things change. The bleak outlook of one afternoon seems to cast its shadow far into our futures. In reality this isn't the case; after a while of carrying on, suddenly we are past the shadows. My message today is that every Spring needs a Winter. Spring is that wonderful time in life where we bloom as people, are talents are coming to fruition and we start to feel successful. You can't develop your talents without failures, challenges, tribulations, and adventures. Remember the old Webster's definition of
adventure: an uncomfortable experience encountered under foreign circumstances. Chin up young people - Spring is coming.
The mountain which is most difficult to climb becomes a footstool from which our triumphs are harolded. --
Lao Tsu 
