Values Today; 1st Draft

I think that we can all agree that today’s high class society has become all commercial. Everywhere you look, you see things in the media about the newest technology or the latest style. There is absolutely nothing anymore in the world that are priceless that people care about anymore! But I think that the one thing that will always stay priceless, that has in the past and always will be, are memories. They are made everyday, no matter how important you intend for them to be. Some you forget within a matter of hours, some stay a little longer as time goes on. And then there are those you never forget. You can still feel the feelings you have when it happened, and you remember everyone around you, the sights, the sounds, and what happened. I believe that these are the best things of value a person could have. I fortunately have found multiple things that I believe are of true, priceless value in my life, and I of course have some that are of a priced value.
Picture my most valued moment; this event has happened many times before and will happen again in the near future. You enter an see probably the most ugliest carpeting ever-a bright blue! But we have gotten to know it very well, and it has helped us whenever we needed it. It’s the mat. As we spend the last few seconds putting another can of hairspray to our perfectly curled hair, and caking on that last bit of make up to make us truly look like Barbies-we know we are ready. We huddle up, and our captains, sometimes it was me, that gave a speech. "We’ve got this ladies. Everything we’ve been working for has lead up to this moment!" it usually goes. We all put our hands in, say our team, name, and run onto the mat as the DJ introduces us; "Please welcome your South Hadley High School Tiger cheerleaders!" The crowd roars and we jump up and down as we cheer our teams name. Then starts the adrenaline rush-I breathe in one last breath before the tweaked and remixed music starts to echo and vibrate the gym. "Relax," I say to myself," It’s just another practice." But the truth is it’s not. I see the 2-foot-high trophies standing taller than the Eiffel Tower sitting on the judges Table. I see our coach at the back of the gym, trying to see what her and the other five coaches have been putting us girls to work for the past few months will finally pay off. "You may begin when you are ready," says the DJ. And then it starts. This is a cheerleading competition, and this is what these girls live for.
It’s early in the morning. My hair has just been fried into oblivion by my straightener, I’ve been dressed, I have my backpack packed, and I’m thinking I’m missing something. I remember that I have no jewelry on! I go to my box, put on some simple diamond earrings, and a bracelet on each wrist. Then I carefully take my most treasured item and start to lay it on my neck.. I look at it’s little heart, and the silver loop that the small bar will fit through to fasten it together. I run my thumb across the heart it make it a little shinier. I See the words "Tiffany & Co." written across it, and I know that since it is a real genuine Tiffany necklace, that it is truly a priced item! I remember the Christmas I had gotten it from a relative at her annual Christmas party. I always loved her gifts most of all, because they were almost always designer jewelry that sparkled and shined in their boxes. I pulled it out and thought it was the most beauteous thing I had ever seen! I knew I would treasure this necklace for a long time, I knew it would be one of those things tat I would leave to my grand-daughter in my will! But for now, I know it as my favorite accessory that I love, and will always keep close to my heart.
These two valuable item may seem different for obvious reasons. Like maybe because one’s a very expensive silver necklace, and one’s a competitive event. Fashion and designer things are important to me because I think it will be the field I major in after high school and college, so I want to get very familiar with it now so that I’m ready for it to be career. I’ve been to Paris a few times and I’ve visited many other fashion institutes in the past, and it’s something that really interests me. The necklace, I think, really connects me to the world of fashion and can help be learn to be creative, and to want to learn new things in that field. And cheerleading is what I live for! I eat, sleep, and breathe it pretty much! When I’m not practicing 9 hours a week, it’s all we talk about in my group of friends! It’s much harder than it looks, and I know that some people argue it even being considered a sport. But consider this-football players lift weights-we lift people! :)
But the again, these two items could be very similar if you look at it the right way. My feelings towards these two values are very similar. I believe that both things have very important roles in my life, wether they are of priced value or if they’re of no value what so ever. What really matters is what’s important to you, and how you decide you want to express yourself through things that make you happy. Wether you’re doing the thing you love, or looking at it right now, everything could be of value if you really want it to be.