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She needs to get her nails done. She wants a facial when she gets home and needs to schedule her next waxing. Her back hurts from carrying a backpack; she could really use a massage. Oh my gosh, there’s a gecko in the room! She’s bored. There’s nothing to do around here. This school sucks. Her professor won’t clarify on the assignment. She’s waking up at the same time as me, but she calls first shower! (I don’t take showers in the morning) She can have second shower, just as well. It’s so hot out. (There’s a beautiful breeze) The fan gets left on, but the windows must be shut; someone might look in at night when it’s dark. Ew! There’s ants in the room (one crawls across the desk). She needs to wash her hair tomorrow. She needs to dry her hair after. She insists she’s more sensitive than other people; it has to do with the hair. She brought a dozen pairs of shoes with her. She thinks I should try something with a crazy pattern. She makes faces 10x worse than I do. She thinks I'm serious. She just flicked another ant off the desk. She asks questions that she already knows the answers to. She scoffs, after I give her advice she asked for, because I only have a year's worth of experience more than she does.

Little does she know.

"I plan the flow."

We live our lives, stumbling upon what comes to us. Taking what we are given at each step. Being unaware of what we might come upon next leaves us in some sort of suspenseful universe. It’s not a life without expectations, but rather one that allows for the least amount of disappointment. An idea of what we would like to happen next is fine. It gives us some sort of determination to do whatever we can to potentially get to that. Having motivation to get us through the transitional period from one place in life to the next is the best thing we can possibly have. This allows us to continue through the days, “going with the flow”, but still in movement to reach our destination. The best things in life are not forced and seem to occur effortlessly, when really, our determination came with big efforts…only spread out.

Those that go looking for what comes next push for everything to happen. They look too hard and force things. Then, when something does not go as they hoped, they are either destroyed or angered. It is not wrong to go through life with some sort of search in mind, but don’t go looking to make things happen. Things forced, do not end well. If things do not make a fit naturally, then they simply don’t belong that way.