A Quote and a Thought

I came across this quote yesterday when I was meandering around cyberspace and it definitely struck a chord:

"Why don't you tell me that 'If the girl had been worth having, she'd have waited for you?' No, Sir, the girl really worth having won't wait for anybody."  -F. Scott Fitzgerald

I want to be "a girl worth having". I think that most girls do.  And I really believe that there are a lot of things that go into being "a girl worth having". But this quote brings up an interesting point. You can't spend your whole life waiting on people because when you're waiting, you're not doing. I think this hit me so hard because I spent most of this summer waiting. Waiting for a letter from That Certain Boy, mostly. Waiting for the summer to be over. Waiting for things to happen to me instead of going out and making things happen. I put little to no effort in trying to develop as a person, and it definitely affected me. I was more moody and cynical than I have been in a long time and I HATED it. I was definitely not "a girl worth having" this summer. But that's going to change. I'm not going to wait for other people to determine my life. I'm going to make things happen instead of waiting for things to happen to me. I will be "a girl worth having".

Love, Brontë