650 Paperclips Later...

I made a chandelier.

Out of 650 or so paperclips.

And I'm pretty proud of it.

Why did I make it? Allow me to enlighten you :)

I am currently taking the dreaded Speech class in my school. 

It's dreaded because Mr. Cortes 

"demands perfection"

Seriously, there's a plaque in his room that says that.

            I actually really enjoy it though. As hard as everyone has said it's going to be, I am enjoying it so far. I've learned a lot about myself, listening, communicating, and things as such. I love the class because it is a higher level of thinking. I sit there and literally soak it all in! 

           Anyway, our first speech assignment is called the Shield Speech. In the medieval days, knights would decorate their shields to represent who they were, where they came from, and what they stood for. That's what we're supposed to do for our speech. Create our own shield that represents us, and speak about it in front of the class. I really had a tough time thinking of what to do for me, just because I don't like doing these things for me. Don't get me wrong, I love finding out more about myself because it helps me grow as a person, it's when I have to talk/display myself for other people that I don't enjoy it so much... But anyway, I finally decided I would make myself into a chandelier.

I have three points: 

a chandelier takes in light and provides it for others, 

is made up of many different parts, 

and is beautiful despite it's imperfections.

          A chandelier's purpose is to light up a room, and even when the chandelier isn't on, it reflects the light around it. It doesn't stop light, it lets it freely flow through it's crystal pieces. In my life, I try to always soak in the light and bring it to others around me. I want people to feel light and find light in my presence. I want people to bring people joy.

         It's all of the different parts that make up a chandelier, and it's all the different things about me that make me who I am. I am a whole lot of things, hence my earlier post about I Am, so I won't list a whole lot of them. Though the individual pieces are interesting, it's all the pieces put together that make a chandelier what it is. Same with me.

         And lastly, a chandelier is beautiful despite its imperfections. It doesn't have it's own light, it has to get it from a bigger power source. I get my light from my bigger power source: the gospel. Also, a chandelier's bulb can burn out. Likewise, I can get sick and tired and run down. But the good news is that when the light bulb gets burned out, you can replace (or in my case, recharge) it and the bigger power source is still there.  

These are the things I believe make me like a chandelier.

Here's to hoping my speech goes well.