We Grow up Too Fast
Yesterday was my school's sign-out day (the day when final-year students get to write their last exam and celebrate with friends and family), and as usual I went into the school to congratulate some of my friends who were signing out.
While I was doing that, I couldn't help but have a little moment to myself where I found myself thinking about time and how quickly it goes by us, because most of these guys signing out were people I knew when they first got into the university, and somehow, it feels like that was just yesterday.
So I found myself thinking about the past, and somehow, for some reason, I found myself getting sad. This is why I try not to feel nostalgic anymore because it reminds me of the good old days and also of how shitty everything is for me right now. It makes me feel like my past is better than my present, due to how I wasn't so confused back then about what step to take next.
The other day, when I read the contest topic talking about how our lives were fifteen years ago, I immediately found myself thinking about it, thinking about where exactly I was those many years ago, the friends I had, the little worries (which I thought were big problems) I had back then, and me trying to avoid my mom so that she doesn't see me and ask me to go stay at her shop for her.
These were things I didn't value back then, and yet every time I think about them, I wish I had some sort of magic button to push and go back in time to just experience it all over again, but this time I would learn to value every second of it.
The good thing about it all now is that I'm aware of that feeling now as an adult, and I try to enjoy my life presently, even though there really isn't much to enjoy right now. But I know that fifteen years from now, I would look back and not have any regrets because I stayed in the moment and I valued it.
That’s the best way to go about it
You can’t live in regrets from the past and forget about the reality. Life happens. We learn every day, and the earlier we get to realize that some things are just out of our control and that they are all meant to be, the better for us as a person.
I feel some of us know that this things are out of our control, but sometimes we just wish there's something we can do about it.
I've been in fun moments where I just stop to take it all in and sometimes I find myself wishing those moments could last forever, even though I know it's impossible.
I feel you bro
But it is what it is.
That’s just life
Life has got both good and down times
We just have to live through it, regardless of the situation we find ourselves.
Time really pass fast and sometimes we can't notice and we grow up. It's something we can't control. It's good to enjoy the present.
Not noticing it is really bad bro. We all need to take a break every now and then and just take it all in.