It's been a while since I've blogged! But I feel the need to really start this blog site back up, because I've been having really overflowing thoughts recently and I think blogging about them can help me sort through them out. So, Hi again :)
Okay... I think a reintroduction is in order. Hi, My name is Aaron, I'm 18 turning 19 soon, I attend community colleges of the Los Rios district, I work part time at McDonald's, I'm a youth leader of the St. Maria Goretti Catholic Church, and I love pandas. But if you already knew that, a little more... I'm a biochemistry major with the aspiration to one day become a lead researcher of a laboratory. I want to, with God's will, make a positive difference in this world. And I've most recently have developed this hunger to know more about my theological and personal beliefs... And I've developed a small knack for reading too (which is a big change since last blog lol).
So more blogging from now on. Yup.
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Congrats to the Graduating C/O 2010! Today I attended the Sheldon Graduation ceremony at Arco Arena... I want to give a special congrats to one of my best friends Brittany Welence, and a very good friend of mine Elaine Maher. It was especially nice to see them walk across that stage...
All throughout the ceremony, I was happy for the graduating class; I was also praying for them. It was nice to be surrounded in the audience by the families of the graduates, and it was really touching to me - I saw mothers and fathers cry, siblings and cousins cheer, and grandparents smile proud smiles. I could tell that the families loved their graduating children so much... That their accomplishments made them feel so alive. In truth, I was also rejuvenated by the fact of their accomplishment (graduating) in my hopes to follow my own dreams and to continue to try to make my family and friends proud of me. That was the most powerful part of watching the graduation for me - realizing, once again, that my actions effect more than just me, but my family, my friends, and my community...
With that in mind, as I sat watching the ceremony I kept praying... praying that those walking the stage can continue to influence and succeed in their own endeavors... that in the midst of trials that they are kept in solace by the fact that they are extremely loved by their family and friends. I prayed that the Class of 2010 would continue, which each graduate, to make differences in this world despite the odds. The significance of this graduation was more than the end of high school, but the beginning of a life long endeavor with a diploma from high school signifying that "I did this, and with even more hard work I can continue to do great things".
After the ceremony ended, I rushed to take pictures of me with the future of the world that is the graduates of the C/O 2010. :)
I couldn't help but be reminded by the fact that it's been one whole year since my graduation. With each passing year, I only hope that my high school graduation wouldn't be in vain, that I would continue with each year to better myself with the same spirit I had going into my graduation "I did it".
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*On a side note, it feels good to blog again!
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