IJMC - Remember

Just a short piece a friend sent to me to help me remember that not all 
in life is bad; we often seem to forget the little bits that should add up.
							      -dave


 Remember the first day of the first year of the first time in your life
 you started your journey to getting old............

 Remember the roomates, the fears, the tears, the nerves, setting up the
 room, taking it apart and then rearranging it all over again.............

 Remember the first guy who caught your eye, that same guy who senior year
 you will still remember as your first college crush...................

 Remember attempting to keep in touch with high school friends, and
 succeeding until you realized what a phone bill REALLY meant........

 Remember promising to never change, but then realizing that's an impossible
 promise to keep when high school has passed and you've moved on........

 Remember those first friends you shared your fears with, who soon became
 acquaintances........................

 Remember those neighbors and classmates, who ended up becoming your
 closest friends...................

 Remember holding back the tears on those days when you just wanted to
 be home again, to feel safe again......................

 Remember those days you felt you couldn't relate to ANYONE, you felt you
 had no place, and just calling home would make it worse................

 Remember those drunken nights when the times you shared with your friends
 will forever hold a place in your memory and your heart.............

 Remember those bonding nights, when you never felt closer to a certain
 person, and how that closeness creates ties that never die.............

 Remember how you never realized the importance of family, until you
 didn't see them everyday....................

 Remember telling friends the deeepst secrets of your life, and knowing
 they'd remain secrets.................

 Remember the craziness of the dorm, getting sudden bursts of energy and
 looking for people, even total strangers, to harass.............

 Remeber pulling all nighters, and never thinking they were as bad as
 they sounded until you actually lived through one...............

 Remember those nights you were so drunk you held conversations with
 strangers and seeing them the next day and remembering.............

 Remeber how those strangers soon became familiar faces and someone
 to chat with.................

 Remember hangovers, and promising yourself you were never going to do
 this to yourself again....................

 Remember how quickly that promise was broken....................

 Remember when your closet stretched throughout the whole floor and
 you never had to worry about a lack of clothes anymore.............

 Remember how over breaks you had the chance to step back and really
 see the friends you made and the memories shared, and you were
 satisfied.......................

 Remember thinking HOW MUCH your life has changed in just months...........

 Remember that dream guy, you thought about so much, who when he finally
 opened his mouth, you changed your opinion of him forever...............

 Remember how that guy you once lived for soon became a joke and an
 excuse for you and your friends to laugh at yourself.............

 Remember the times, never forget them, even the little ones can hold
 the greatest meaning.................

 Remember to never lose touch with those friends you've made here at
 college, because you have all changed and grown enormously together,
 and that is something very sacred to be shared...........

 Remember to love your friends, whether they come, go, love you
 or hurt you, never let anyone go.........................

 Remember you are only here for a short while, the time flies before
 you realize it, so make it last, make it memorable, make it the best time
 of your life, and make the best memories that you can carry with you
 for the rest of your days.....................

 Remember this doesn't last forever so never let a day go by without
 living it to the fullest...................

 Remember to never let a day go by without a laugh....................

 Remember to love the ones you love, life isn't forever...........

 Remember the laughs, let them echo in the back of your mind.........

 And always remember, when you leave here in four years you are
 leaving with much more than you walked in here with............