I can't believe that it has been ten years since I graduated from high school. I remember being 18 years old and thinking in ten years I would be graduated from college, married and having kids. I would be an active LDS family guy, pretty much the life I see a lot of my high school buddies having. So to fast forward ten years and see that my life is way different than I ever thought it would be is just so crazy. I'm not married, I have no kids and I am just barely finishing up my degree. I am no longer active LDS and don't belong to any organized religion. So although life hasn't turned out at all the way I thought it would, I can say that I wouldn't have it any other way.
At the ten year reunion I won the Christopher Columbus award for being the most traveled. I have been to nine different countries and have loved every moment of it. I love to travel and I love that I have the time and money to do so. I am in a job that could very well turn into my career. I love my job, my boss and my co-workers. I am incredibly close with my co-workers and feel like they are like my second family.
After coming to the conclusion that I didn't feel like the LDS religion was for me I felt like I started from scratch. I would try and see what I really believed. It was kind of an overwhelming ordeal to undertake. I would look into a lot of different religions and see what they believed/taught. About a year ago I really started looking into Buddhism and what they believed. I thought it was a very interesting religion and so I decided to take a Buddhism class. As I learned more and more about the religion I realized that it wasn't for me. I really love a lot of their philosophies and still try to live by a lot of them, but that was about it. Over the past five to six years my beliefs have changed quite a bit and I assume they will continue to change and alter as I learn and grow older. I love getting in long discussions with people about what they believe and why. I like doing this with people of all different belief systems.
The past ten years have definitely had its ups and downs, but through everything I am grateful for it all. I know the hard times have only made me stronger, made me who I am today. Thanks for everyone who has been apart of my life. Each one of you has made a bigger impact on my life than you probably realize. I'm not sure where the next ten years will lead me, but I am ready for the roller coaster ride of life. Bring on the next ten years!
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