Waking up on the top of the mountains, looking outside to the steep and fierce looking slopes with all new, powdery snow from the blizzard from the night before. You walk outside all geared up and you’re the only one on the slopes. Now it is time to fly down the slopes in the best snowboarding conditions of the year. Walking outside all bundled up and not being cold at all is an awesome feeling. Sitting on top off the hill, strapping your bindings in, looking at all the fresh powder and the fierce looking hill is like a mind rush. Finally, stand up and shred back and forth, watching the snow flying from curving in the snow and feeling the wind in your face as you fly down the mountainside.
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People make mistakes, we drop and break things. It is a fact, but what is really cool is when you drop something out of your hand and react incredibly quickly and catch the fragile object before you even realize you have reacted. As you are reaching into the cabinet for your favorite, collectors edition Batman glass, with wet hands, you feel the smooth surface slide between your fingers. Suddenly and without explanation, your other hands catches your prized possession before it shatters on the ground. It is thoughtless and you don’t realize what just happened. If you are lucky enough, a few friends witnessed your super-human display of reflexes. Then you and your friends that see it all go “OOOOOHHHH!!!” You see the cars zipping around the track at high speeds. You hear the announcer calling out lap times. You like the challenge that the track gives because they are always challenging. The racers and hobbyist there are friendly and helpful. The people at the track share the love of your hobby and are fun to be around. Spending the day with friends and having fun with a hobby that you all enjoy is awesome! After a long nap you wake up to the sound of thunder and rain. You grab a quick snack and a drink and move straight to the porch. The smell of the rain and the felling of the wind fills you with joy and excitement. Having a covered porch on your house to enjoy the rainy season adds to the excitement and the best place to watch the action during a stormy night. The feeling of the rain makes you relax and the sound of the thunder stirs your excitement. Looking up at the darkened sky and inhaling the smell of the rain transports you to another time.The peace and quiet after the storm with the sweet, sweet sound of rain and the rumbling thunder is awesome! We all have had something in our lives that we see to be awesome. We have trouble finding things in everyday life that are awesome. Things that don’t necessarily speak ‘awesome’, but are awesome in their own subtle way. One thing that comes to mind that is clearly awesome is when you get to school. You’re ready to listen to your favorite playlist when you reach in your pocket and pull out nothing but the gross lint in your jean pockets. Suddenly your great day is stopped dead in its tracks. You’re now quickly scrambling to find a pair of headphones. In your mind you’re thinking- who would have a pair for me. Then your friend pulls out a new pair of white headphones and says you can use these for the day... and your day can carry on with a smile on your face and a song playing in your ears. It is a feeling of accomplishment when you're out shopping, you have a little bit of money in your pocket- maybe a few a gift cards- and you see it. Something that you weren't necessarily shopping or looking for,something that you didn’t know that you needed or maybe you were shopping for that item and were prepared to get the best deal possible. But it is an item that is just too good of a deal to pass up. To good to pass up that you buy two or maybe even three. You know it... there is no better feeling than getting a good deal on something. Whether you were out hunting for a bargain or just came up on one while browsing around in the store and there IT is on sale, and you have a gift card or maybe a couple coupons. It’ s simple: why pay more for something when you don’t have to? But it’s more than that, it’s the feeling of walking out of that store with with an item that you paid so little for that you think the security alarm is going to go off because you feel you stole the item having paid so little for it. That is AWESOME! Is not that a good feeling? That feeling you get from being late but not missing anything. Think about when you were late for a movie and when you get there it’s just in the beginning with some introduction. You didn't miss anything. Is not that a good feeling? That feeling, from those sixty seconds, can change, even ruin, your life. Or that time you are late to the interview- even just sixty seconds- and the previous interview is running long so they can’t take you at the exact time anyway. Is not that a good feeling? For these moments that’s when you keep saying to yourself “ YES, YES, AWESOME”. The amazing feeling when you wake up in the morning after a long nights rest, and it’s the day you’re going for a long, hard ride on your dirt bike with all your friends. You go out in the garage that morning and you start your bike up and hear that engine just rumbling- cracking and popping as you rev it up. When you go to load it up on the trailer, it’s an awesome feeling: the power of the bike going up the ramps. Then making sure it is strapped down properly, then heading off to the gas station to get some 93 octane fuel and get some food for the day (and you can’t forget about the drinks either).Then driving to the place where you’re riding for the day. Then go and start that bike again and you rev it up and think to yourself that it is going to be a good day. Then you ride off into the bright sunny day and have fun with your friends and get all muddy and dusty. Now that’s an awesome feeling! There is no better feeling than finally accomplishing something you worked so hard for. No matter what it is, how long it took, how you accomplished it, or how many people are interested in it. That moment you finally accomplish that goal is the greatest feeling there is. Whether it’s having a good game in your sport, getting that exclusive pair of shoes, finishing a big project, getting accepted into college, anything. When that baseball player goes through a knee brace, twenty ice packs, two wood bats, all the hours of free time taken for practice, striving to accomplish the goal to pitch on a varsity high school team; the moment he accomplishes that goal is the greatest feeling. When that kid saves up $170 to get that new pair of Retro 12’s coming out Saturday, and he waits in line for hours in the cold and finally gets them, knowing he is the only kid in his school to have them. That is a great feeling. When you have a project that will make or break your grade and you work on it for over a month and turn it in three days early and get it back and get 100%, that’s a great feeling. When you apply for all your college options and you get accepted into the school you really wanted to go to, that’s a great feeling. Nothing comes easy to anybody, that’s why it feels so good when you have your mind set to accomplishing that goal, to finally get it done and going back back and remembering how hard it was to get it done. No matter what that goal is, accomplishing it is the greatest feeling. When you wake up early and get the best spot on the beach. You have wanted to go to the beach for a while now but the weather has not been good. Finally the weather takes a turn and instantly you call your friends and you all plan to go to the beach today. You wake up early because you want to make sure you are not stuck in traffic. You leave and at that time there are not that many people on the road so you get to the beach really early. You get out of the car and you see that there are only a couple people there. You look around and see that the “perfect” spot is still open. The perfect spot is right in the middle of the beach under a tree with just the right amount of sun and shade at the same time. You are right there and the water is just inches away. Your water bottle is tucked perfectly in the cooler so that is stays cold all day long. You lay out your chair spread out your towel and turn on the radio. Now you can just sit there listen to your music and spend time with your friends on the beach in that perfect spot. |
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