A pear?

There are some things in life that are too priceless to ever let them fade from your memory. Like holding a newborn baby, feeling how fragile yet strong it really is. Realizing how much someone will fight for you. Or facing the exhilarating excitement and fear of being on your own. These things shape our character and make us into who we are today. I've been thinking a great deal on the past lately and I can't believe the difference that time makes in a person's life or the impact people can have on you. I look back on the last year, through all the ups and downs, and can't help but be grateful for everything I've been through. Even more than that, I'm grateful for the people in my life that have helped me see who I want to be and are helping me become that person. You'll never know the influence you have on people or the difference, for good or bad, you can make in their lives. I have tried to keep that in mind as much as possible going into my new college experience hoping that I can make a difference each and every day. So that I can help someone create a priceless memory that can change their life forever. I want to be someone that people want to remember. My drive in this desire? Fear. Fear of being easily overlooked and forgotten when I'm gone. Fear that I can't make an impact on those around me. Fear that I can't inspire others for good. And it is because of this fear that I have learned to connect with people so easily. I've always loved the quote, "Nobody cares how much you know until they know how much you care." Everyone should do their best to show people how much they mean to them. You never know what someone is going through and the struggles they face everyday. Let people know you care, tell them you love them as often as possible. Treat every moment with them as though it were their last. This world needs more love. We as human beings need more love. Now, you may be wondering why I decided to write about such a random (yet important) topic for the first post of my blog. My reasoning for it, is because of the impact someone has made on my life. For their encouragement and love. The understanding about my feelings that I'd never dared share with anyone. For their openness and complete genuineness. For their ability to have fun and teach people to let loose. For picking themselves up every time life has knocked them down. For teaching me how to fight, not only for myself but for others, no matter how bad it hurts. For being someone I don't have to put walls up to be around. And lastly, for being the only person to call me a lovely pear and make an everlasting impression. May we learn to accept all people, to help them, to listen to them and to love them. Because in the end, you could be what saves them.