It has been a little while, but school does take its toll on you! I have been meeting people and making friends, working my butt off studying, working out, and in general just loving my college life!
To start off I have been going to the gym for the last month or so! I am so happy with the changes that I am seeing in my energy, in my body, and in my stress levels here at school! I have been making an effort and although it is really hard sometimes I know that the benefits are super amazing!
There was snow again today, and that made me super excited! I finished my workout and was walking home when it just started coming down! Nature loves me!
I joined a really awesome group called student support here on campus a couple of weeks ago and now I am getting to the point where I am really involved! Helping people have a better day is so much fun and I love it! There is no cost to be positive and it has some amazing side-effects! There isn't anything better than to see those I love and care for happy and well!
**LES MIS SPOILERS**
As I mentioned in the title I saw Les Mis again today! I have seen it three times now, and I focused on yet another amazing point that I hadn't thought of! Each character has a sort of sad story, but in reality they all have amazing stories of hope and love! Let us take a look at this!
-Javert- Yes, he ends up killing himself, but he understands that there is mercy and love in the world. He really has the saddest of all the stories in the movie, since he really doesn't understand love until the end.
-Jean Valjean- Has an amazing journey in which he learns how to have Christ-like love for those around himself thanks to an inspired priest. He may be followed by a crazy cop, but he shows love and compassion to all he finds. And he is the best father-in-law ever! His story ends being greeted by someone that he served and loved!
-Fontine- A sad woman who falls on the hardest of hard luck, but the whole time she wants nothing more than the safety of her daughter. She holds on in the lowest of the low situations to save that person that she loves most and through the kindness and love shown by Jean Valjean she can rest easy knowing that her daughter is safe. She dies knowing that her purpose in life has been fulfilled.
-Cosette- One of the happiest stories. She may have a hard start due to her mother's death, but Jean Valjean makes sure that her life is a happy one.
-Marius- His friends may have died, but his father-in-law really made a difference. He ends up with a great girl in the end, and he stands up for what he believes in.
-The Boys of the Barricade- They stood up for what they believed in and died knowing that they made a point and started something. They died as men with honor.
-Eponine- Yeah, everyone is probably thinking that this is the real saddest story of all, but it really isn't. She has a hard life because of the scummy family that she has, but she is a true friend. She has the unrequited love card, and don't think I didn't weep for her, but she gets to do some very noble things for her friends and for the man that she loves. Not to mention that he holds her and loves her as she passes away.
In the end this movie actually teaches us to look forward with hope. Les Miserables may mean the miserable ones, but it really sends a message of hope. If we really fill our lives with purpose then it doesn't matter what the ending may be. We will perpetually have the life we live each day-- and the chance to make it something worth living for!
Don't wait until tomorrow. Don't wait to do that nice thing for someone. Don't wait to tell someone that thing they do is great. Don't wait to tell someone that you love them.
Tomorrow always comes, but we never know if we will be there to tell people tomorrow.
I hope that you all have an amazing week and I invite you to take courage in the fact that I love you, believe in you, support you, and expect great things from you!
I love you all!
-Doug Knuth
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