The Flower Theory

Ever since the days of my youth, I thought of myself as a dreamer and a highly contemplative individual. This intuition led me to a lot of contemplations and theories about life and reality as we knew it. These theories still permeate many aspects of my life as I lead it today.

When I was 10 years old, I came up with a theory about humankind that I had only rationalised to one or two other trusted individuals at the time. I didn't know what to think of my thought, but I knew that it had some weight behind it. To this day, whenever I share this thought with individuals, the same criticism I got back then still exudes itself today.

when I told my 4th grade teacher Sharon about this philosophy, she told me that it was one of the most beautiful philosophies that any of her students had ever come up with. As an agnostic freethinker herself, she greatly valued the emphasis that her teachings and philosophies had on her class and humankind. To this day, I am fortunate to call her a friend and confidante.

And so, I call this the Flower Theory.

human beings are a lot like flowers. concerning these plants, They all have a similar composition; a stamen for a reproduction, chloroplasts to allow nutrient intake, pedals to show the world their beauty, stem and leaf to contain my body, and routes to spread their network of life into the Earth. They go through the circle of life just as we do, what's germination rivaling R. Of fetal development, the proliferation and sprouting to be similar to are lifespan development and reproductive cycle.

human beings are very similar, as we have the same basic components. Alongside this, a very small amount of genetic differentiation separates and identifies one flower from another. Likewise, human beings, with the remaining 1% that makes us different. No two flowers are alike, and as are human beings. roses have beautiful petals but a painful Underside, just as some humans do. Hyacinths provide nutrients for other insects, and many human beings choose nurturing career paths in a similar fashion. on a slightly cheaper note, there are some plants like dandelion and Ragweed that are mostly used as a nuisance but can also be turned into cannon fodder, and there are plenty of humans that might fit that description as well.

When the gametes starts in the ovum or testes, this is the seed. When we meet our Fertile Earth, our mother's womb, then we start to germinate, just the way a blastocyst does or a sapling may. We have a rude rough and rumple period in infancy and toddlerhood, and young flowering plants do the same.

We all strive to be different and beautiful, just like the flower garden dies. If we start seeing human beings more as flowers in this Garden instead of Weeds on the roadside, then we might start to regard life is more diverse and beautiful and begin to accept every human being a face value.

And what's a similar fashion, I also deduced that the life cycle of a human being and of a flower to have an end one day, where they return to the Earth after providing new life to other life forms. This is the inevitable part of life that we all must be aware of, and nothing is exempt from it. However, the life of a flower or a human being is beautiful and everlasting.

I was 10 years old when I came up with this Prejudice free and humanistic Theory. Journaling about it nearly 14 years later, I still believe it to be true and valid to this day. May the world one day be a more beautiful place because of theories like this. And hopefully, I'm not alone in my form of thinking.

The bucket list you didn't know you had

Have you ever been doing something and then said to yourself, I can cross that off my bucket list, but you don't recall ever having a bucket list? This phenomenon occurs to me more often than I would like. One instance of this would be going to Indiana and getting handed free food by a random person at a bar. another thing would be rich running on a cliff for the first time, or getting out of a speeding ticket, or Felix nordling and seeing used underwear and a stingray. I could go on and on and make the story about myself, but really, this is about you. This is your story. So let's turn it over to you my friend.

And Indiana wasn't so bad!

When you were young and your friends encouraged you to make a bucket list because you would one day grow old and die without doing enough things, did you take their advice seriously? And if something unexpected occurs, do you include it? For me personally, I never wrote that bucket list, but rather have a list of ideas and concepts that would be cool to achieve, and that are otherwise unrelated to one another.

So, dreamers, keep building that bucket list. Stop at nothing. And after checking out the rest of my posts, check that off of your bucket list, too.

River Flows in You

 In Boy Scouts, I got to take an awful lot of camping trips. No trip was ever quite as exciting, though, as the time that my troop. Up from a troop from Duncannon and went on one of their upper-level Scouts favorite summer trip, one in which they kayak 50 miles on the Juniata River. I needed to do I can you trip over 20 miles to get my outdoor exploration merit badge for Eagle Scout, and this seems like a perfect way to do so. So for the first time in a long time, their troops merged with ours, a result of a scoutmaster from my troop being a co-worker with one of the scale masters from their trip.

Also featuring some of these fine gents.

When I went on the trip, I had a lot of emotional baggage that I was dealing with. Any time I could get out the house and get some vacation to myself was much needed. Answer my best friend since middle school so I can seem to be friends with and I decided to become tent mates for this weekend Excursion. We camped out the first night where we were, enjoying s'mores and a bonfire, but in the morning, early in the morning, we would be mulching are canoes and kayaks for the Southern Shores.

It was on this camping trip that I finally realized how much I enjoyed kayaking, as I was invited 2 use one of those neighboring trips kayaks about halfway through. I was reluctant to give my kayak back at the end of the trip, as I had enjoyed it so much. After kayaking the trip, as I had enjoyed it so much. After kayaking several miles downstream and having the time of my life, having some of the deepest conversations on my life on the Riverside, I can never look at canoeing the same way. It was also on this trip that I'm had my first MRE, or meal ready to eat. This invention by the United States Marine Corps is meant as a caloric supplement for soldiers who are either in active duty or in field training, and in my situation, it was a quick meal that could be done with just a little bit of water that had been purified from the river.

Late at night one night, after we stopped at our campsite and had a shower and a snack, I laid in my tent talking with my best friend Joseph. I was overcoming my first heartbreak at this point in time, and I asked him what he thought about whether or not she would remember me years from now. It was then that he delivered some of the most solid advice I've ever had gotten. Simple, but effective. He said, “Always remember as much as you can. Try not to forget anything. Because when you finally do remember, you'll remember that you have forgotten it." Because of the effect it had on me at that time, I still remember those words to this day.

 Between kayaking, river-filled Super Soakers, some moving water, a couple of stray rocks, wonderful side bars along the river, and the camaraderie of both troops, I had the time of my life on this trip. It instilled a sense of adventure in me that lingers to this day, and a sense of adventure in me that lingers to this day, and will always be my favorite camping trip I've ever taken. Until the river calls me home once again, I dream and fondly remember.

My Personal Founding Father

My personal founding father

For those of you that may not know, I am from a little state called Pennsylvania. He translates from Penn's Woods, and was founded in 1683 by William Penn. Originally, I never had no one or never would have guessed that the founder of my state was originally from a small town that I worked in for my first occupational therapy placement. At the end of the four week placement though, my educator took me to a pub called the Pennsylvanian that was named after him, and then to the local museum then had a detailed plan about his life.  I then found out where he was buried, set my sights on going to visit him.

The stone above was part of his homestead in Pennsylvania.

To see the grave of William Penn, I had to walk through 20 minutes worth of British countryside near the Chilterns. There was no pavement to be found on the road, and in certain parts there was no strip of grass or forest to walk on either, so it was incredibly terrifying. Oddly enough, I went on a sunny day in February where there were not a lot of people on the road, so I could sprint a long open sections of road if need be.

After walking a mile and crossing the road at least 13 times to avoid becoming road pancake, I finally found it, the small cemetery in which William Penn was buried. I had a brief chat with him and thank him for all that he had done in America to found the nation, and then I followed the footpath out of the cemetery and into the small town of Jordans, where his first Quaker community was settled.

The man who helped to found America.

 I got a bottle of water in the Jordans community store after a quick little hike up the road, and I could still smell stale hickory smoke filling the air. Likely due to the quaintness, Jordans won an award in 2018 for the best kept village in Buckinghamshire. I introduced myself to the shopkeeper, and immediately, the rest of the customers started chatting to me as well. After all, it isn't every day that you meet an American from Pennsylvania in the town that was settled by the man who settled Pennsylvania.

I then went to a little pub called the Jolly Cricketers in Seer Green. it was a quaint location with a very small town and home vibe. I would recommend this pub to anyone who is able to make it up that way, although getting there from London isn't exactly easy if you don't have your own car or the money for an Uber.

After this, I returned back to my domicile to rest up. This was the day that I went to see the founder of my state. Stay tuned for more adventures!

Return to the Sun

The second full trip I took to Florida incurred a lot of positive memories. I knew that I could tolerate travel at this point in my life, and on top of that, I was also a legal adult now. That didn't mean that I was no longer a kid at heart, though, as I still was into the same old things that I was always into at this point in time. My mother found cheap tickets to fly from Harrisburg Airport down to Orlando Florida, where are Aunt would once again pick us up as she had for my last trip down to Florida.

This time, we had plans made prior to even arriving. One day would be spent entirely with family. The following day we would drive down to Miami and go shopping for a little bit. That we will take our time driving through the keys for an entire day, remembering to stop and enjoy the scenery in Key West. Then we would drive back up to our hotel in Miami, stay the night, and then drive all the way back up to Orlando.

Before our grandiose plans began, we decided to visit the local Beach, Venice Beach. Ran to my scampered along the shoreline making sandcastles and collecting seashells. I would bring some of these back up to Pennsylvania with me. The beach was beautiful, and there were plenty of sites to see and we have to feel crash upon my face.

My aunt and I let my mother relax for a day, as we took a track up to Winterstown Florida to visit the official Legoland. It was absolutely incredible, as everything there was made out of Legos. Even some of the rides and attractions were made out of Legos. I had a blast, as well as having my first 7-Eleven smoothie on the way back home. Then, my family came to town for a little while.

About a half-dozen of my family members live in Florida, making family reunions rather difficult at times. As fate would have it though, they were all able to come visit one day, and we went out to dinner. Visiting family in a foreign place is wonderful, as you really get to learn more about them in their natural environment versus what you see while they're on vacation. The tables have really turned. I spent a whole day with them, feeling them in about my life and enjoying their presents, before we begin searching for other day trips.

Compared to the first time I went Timberland oh, this trip was more filled with relaxation time. Considering is to hell I was having a very busy last semester of high school, any vacation time was greatly appreciated. This time I was older, wiser, and started blending in with the locals. Even though it was 73 degrees outside, shorts weather for me, the residents of Florida were all wearing long pants and jackets. By the third and fourth day I honestly felt myself doing the same thing. I guess there is one downside to going to Florida in the winter after all.

Although brief, this is a good summation of my time in Florida. Florida is the state with the most amount of retirees, as more people come here to retire than any other state. They want to warm up the cold bones year-round I suppose. Regardless, Florida is a wonderful place that must be visited by one and all.

President's Picnic

President’s Picnic

When I was approximately 4 years old, I went to discover Richard Nixon state park for the first time in my life. There was some activity is being lead for youth education at the time, as we took an interesting personality test to discover what dinosaur we were most like. We then were asked to draw that dinosaur, and the best-looking dinosaur want some sort of prize. To this day, I have the artistic capabilities of figgy pudding, so I did not win the prize. However, inside their ecological Center, I did learn a lot that day about the evolution of species throughout time.

I Revisited Richard Nixon park for the first time since then when I was 22. The ecological Center has ex‐ panded to include exhibits on flora and fauna around the United States and in this part of Pennsylvania that I live in. I stopped by because I wanted to go on a hike and see what their Trails were like, as I had a serious Edge to go out and go hiking one day but no way to fill it without too far of a drive. So, my friend Brett and I found ourselves out at Richard Nixon Park, hiking one of their shortest trails.

This state park has several trails that all loop around or through the periphery of the park and then some. That was transfer time, we decided to take the shortest trail that cut through the center of the park. There were actually a couple of switchbacks on this little Trail, but it eventually led to an open field with a platform in but it eventually led to an open field with a platform in the center of it. I still don't top of the platform and felt omnipotent. I also found a caterpillar on the platform and made friends with it, shooting some pictures before letting him go on the nearby plant.

Before I knew it, time for me to go to work had to come. I knew that before long I would come back and Hike more of the trails one day, still thoroughly impressed at how far Richard Nixon park has come. I will come back to the park to do more hiking as time permits in my hectic schedule and life course.