Madison's Blog

 "Accept what you are able to do and what you are not able to do" . This aphorism relates to me because for a long time during my life I didn't accept the things I wasn't able to do and it really put me down. I was totally fine with the things I could do but when I came across something I couldn't do I had trouble accepting it. I think that when people learn to accept there flaws or the things that they cant do they start to be okay with it and start to work on it to maybe get better at that thing. When society as a whole accepts the things they cant do and are upfront about it, they then can relax and be okay with themselves. This significance of these words are that you have to accept both, accepting what you can do and what you cant. Once people do that they can live peacefully within themselves. I think everybody needs to learn to do this for the best quality of life and it is why I agree with these words.

Franconia, New Hampshire... This is the place I have spent all 18 years of my life. I have loved living here most of the time, especially when I was younger and as I get older I keep getting less fond of it. My childhood was filled with skiing, swimming, hiking, and biking and all of my friends lived less than 5 minutes away from me. I loved how I could ride my bike down to town without an adult, I loved how I could ski at cannon without an adult and I loved how everyone knew my name and my dads restaurant. As I entered high school I started to like it less and less. I still thought it was a beautiful place to live  with gorgeous views but as of things to do for fun besides outdoor activities they were very slim. At my age and living here your whole life you have been to the 99 so many times that you dont even need to look at the menu to see what they have. You go to Dunkin Donuts on the daily because thats the only kind of good coffee, and you attend movies at Jax Junior all the ...