Remember when you were a kid, and you thought teenagers were practically in their deathbeds? Remember when you believed you would live to be a hundred, and when getting a scrape on the knee was just a scrape on the knee, and not a minor injury that would affect your knee's daily function in the future?
Today, one of my best friends turned 18.
This was when I realized I'm old.
I miss my childhood. I miss knowing that if I got in trouble or hurt that my parents would be there to get me back on my feet.
Soon enough, I won't have that anymore.
While I'd like to think that my superior intellect and ninja skills will get me through life, part of me feels uncertain. What if I'm not doing what I'm supposed to? What if I do something wrong? I'd like to just relax and enjoy the last of my time with my parents....
I just feel like I'm being left behind.
Luckily I have amazing friends and family, and a God who has my back. Thinking about all of this, I realize that I might as well enjoy being young while I can. I'll have plenty of time to worry later. Still, that won't keep my friends from calling me old and threatening to get me a walker....
Of course it doesn't help that I sound like an old man whenever I do something strenuous.
Yeah...
Anyway, I'll leave you with a thought.
If we all worried about the future and stopped living in the present, nothing would be beautiful to us.
Stop and see the beauty that's all around you. You'll have plenty of time to be an adult. That's not to say you shouldn't take responsibility, only that you should enjoy life while you have the chance enjoy your responsibility! Have fun while you're young!
We can't all be as old as I am.
Honestly though, think about it.