My Masterpiece Experience (Winter Break)

This break I got a closer look into what it feels like to be open to yourself. I shared things about myself to others, even if they were depressing or embarrassing or even funny. Some people got to know me better than before, while I also got to know others more personally than before. During winter I felt happier than I've been in a long time. I thought that when I was doing this "masterpiece" I would come across at least some misery or some pictures that weren't uplifting. But I truly had a great break. My friend had a foreign exchange student last year (who became a close friend of mine) and she surprised me by visiting (picture by Christmas tree). A close friend visiting from college went on a hike with me and I got a chance to share some personal things about myself and go to the beach. Cal poly accepted me and I achieved my goal! HARD WORK PAYS OFF. I went ice skating with a great group of friends. Later I went on that same hike with two friends. In that experience I reconnected with an old friend who I thought would be a friend no more. At the close of winter break, I listened to an event that was taking an emotional toll on a friend and was there to share a heart to heart moment. Over all of this I learned that I can make people happy and myself happy, even when life feels like shit. Maybe if people opened up to each other as I did and what I experienced this break, then people wouldn't have to fake being happy, but actually be happy. I'm there for anyone who needs to talk, with 100% confidentiality. You can't trust what you tell people it seems, but there are some people out there... and you can find them. A fake smile can easily be turned into a real smile.