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Today was my last ever lecture which means I get to be all soppy and sentimental. In fact, that's what this post is about.

In my class today, we were talking about writing our reflective statement. It's 1000 words, 25% of our grade for this module and it's pretty much just talking about how the module made us feel. We have to back it all up, though, with literature and academia.

I think this gets drilled into people and it takes over their lives. University is an experience just like anything else, and the academic side is not the most important part of it, I don't think. Too many people, especially very academic people, live their lives based on logic and rationality all of the time. These are the people that say they don't believe in love and these are the people that dismiss emotions as silly and sentimental and they're proud of that.

Don't be proud of that.

The most important thing in life - people. No man is an island, as they say. Even if you don't think you rely on other people, you do. If you don't have any friends or family, you've still got people. People in shops, your bank manager, all people, and a people you need to have some sort of relationship with, even if it only lasts the 30 seconds it takes to buy your paper. People are not logical and rational. People have emotions. People are sometimes angry, sometimes irrationally. Sometimes they're sad, sometimes irrationally. Sometimes they're happy, sometimes they're excited, sometimes they're nervous, sometimes they're awestruck, and yes, sometimes they are silly and sentimental and there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. Sometimes they laugh at things that might seem small to you, and sometimes they cry over things that might seem small to you. Sometimes they laugh and cry over bigger things. Let them do it, appreciate the fact that they're doing it. Appreciate the fact that they are living their lives. Let people be passionate about things that you might see as silly. Chances are you wouldn't be where you are today without the people who were passionate about something.

Some people get very jaded and cynical and some people are proud of that, too. Try not to become too jaded, or you'll miss out on a lot. Don't be naive. Don't take everything at face value. But let yourself be excited over the little things. Let yourself be awestruck sometimes. Remember those silly and sentimental people? Don't write them off. Don't write off the things that make them smile, or cry, or laugh. Try to open your heart and mind to those things and maybe you'll see what they see. If you let the little things move you, you'll smile so much more. You'll have more to enjoy. Try it.

Sometimes, life is difficult. That's because it isn't all rational and logical. And in the end, that's the beauty of it.

So, let yourself get emotional. Be silly and sentimental. You only get one shot.