True Happiness

You know it's funny the things you go trough in life to make yourself happy...We spend most of our lives trying to get ahead or secure a better future for ourselves. I didn't realize it till a few minutes ago, but the object of happiness really has nothing to do with our future, but mores so to the point of how we feal about who we are as a person. Three years ago I walked through the gates of Fountain Valley High School with a feeling of optimism. I had had a great 8th grade year and was looking forward to an awesome High School career. I had no idea what it had in store for me. In the last three years I never stopped to think about what was truely making me happy. Was it the fact that I grew in my relationship with Jesus Christ, was it because I fell in Love with the most beautiful girl in the universe, or was I just happy that I wasn't a complete loner like I used to be. No...actually it's none of these. I'm happy not because of all the awesome things that happened to me, but because no matter where I go nothing and no one can ever take the memories I've made away from me. I will never forget my church, or when I was baptized. I will never forget football and the first fumble recovery I ever made. I will never forget my first love and the tingly shiver up my spine I'd get every time she looked at me and smiled. It's these memoriews that make me who I am and it's these memories that make me happy. So now I look towards the future and my last year of High School and ask myself...what memories can I make this last run of my regular school career. How do I want to remember High School. You know what...for me there is only one answer. I want the same kind I've had the last three. I don't want to remember the pain of high school or the parties or drama. That stuff is only temporary. I want to remember the things that will always make me happy. The things that made me the Person I am today. And for me I can narrow it down to three people. William Alberto Baker, Emily Anne Frances Bahos, and most of all Jesus Christ. Without these three I would be nothing. And I am so greatful god has blessed me with them. Cause in my High School career, in everything I've been through. THEY make me happy. They bring me true joy. So no matter how things turn out Senior year...in my heart I will be happy, because God gave me the three best things in the world...Life, Love, and Eternal Happiness.....How do you want to remember High School?
-JT