End of the World?

Saturday, the huge buzz was that at 6:00, the rapture was going to occur, and the end of the world was going to begin. Clearly, as I am writing this, that did not happen.
I won't lie, a few minutes before 6, I got extremely nervous. What if it really did end? I haven't done near everything I want to in my lifetime. I wasn't particularly happy at the moment. I figured, if the world has to end, I'd like to die happy.
It served as a reminder to me. I have to live like I'm going to die tomorrow. Because who knows? Maybe we will, not to be overly dark.
To different people, this means different things. Some people would like to spend their last day relaxing and reading a book with their families. Others, like me, would want to go out with a bang.
I'd want to be in the middle of a block party. There would be huge inflatable slides everywhere. Everyone I know and ever have known would be there. And everyone would be running around, apologizing for past transgressions, hugging and kissing one another. Just saying "Goodbye, I'll see you when all this is over in a place where we'll be even happier than we are now, which seems kinda impossible."
I don't know if there will ever be such a block party. I don't know if the end of the world is even going to occur in my lifetime. I don't know if I'll even know the same people when it occurs.
But I know I have to live. I can't weigh my life down with regrets. And I don't; I don't regret anything I've done. I can't. Even the bad experiences have taught me something.
But, when I look at it, there have been many more good experiences than bad.
I mean, look around.
This blog.
This school.
My relationships.
Endless laughter.
4.0, too many times to remember.
Teasing.
People who wiped my tears away.
No, I have no regrets. I like my life. Even more than that, I love the people in it. I love the people who remind me that yes, I am important, and yes, I am loved.
And that's why I'm here. I don't know if it would have been so possible to make it through the struggles life throws at me without every single person I have to lean on. I wouldn't be so independant, wouldn't be so open-hearted and minded.
Okay, so the Apocolypse didn't come on Saturday. I'm so glad it didn't. It takes a bit more time than that if I wanna attend the End of the World Block Party. I'm so glad for the reminder, though, and this time to think about it as I write it down, that I have to live. And I mean really live. So, I have some words of advice, collected from various places...
"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."
"As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to ever let us down, probably will. You'll have your heart broken and you'll break others' hearts. You'll fight with your best friend or maybe even fall in love with them, and you'll cry because time is flying by. So take too many pictures, laugh too much, forgive freely, and love like you've never been hurt. Life comes with no guarantees, no time outs, no second chances. you just have to live life to the fullest, tell someone what they mean to you and tell someone off, speak out, dance in the pouring rain, hold someone's hand, comfort a friend, fall asleep watching the sun come up, stay up late, be a flirt, and smile until your face hurts. Don't be afraid to take chances or fall in love and most of all, live in the moment because every second you spend angry or upset is a second of happiness you can never get back."
"The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything they just make the most of everything that comes along their way"
"Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt and dance like no one is watching."

Okay guys. I'm done quoting things at you. If you read all this, good for you. You're really awesome, you know that? Even if I don't know you. Someone out there would kill to see you smile, and would cross the world to make you happy. I love you.
And live like you're gonna die tomorrow.