We watch the clock tick, hour by hour, day by day, waiting. Waiting for the school day to be over, for the weekend to come, for summer to arrive. It seems as though we are never satisfied with our life in the moment, that there must be something better that we should look forward to. Once the school day is over, we want the weekend to come. Once the weekend is here, we want summer to arrive. Once summer is here we long for fall breezes and and the sounds of the Friday night football games. How can we long to obtain something that we never truly embrace? Surly we allow these awaited gifts of the future to appease our want for excitement for something new for just a moment; but then the allure of something better floods our thoughts and we begin the waiting process once again. In order to enjoy the diverse aspects of life, we must indulge in the present.
As my senior year approaches, I've begun to reminisce on the almost thirteen years that I've spent gaining my education. Looking through old pictures and thinking about my favorite teachers from my youth, I am left in disbelief on how quickly this period in my life has actually happened. When I was in middle school it seemed as if my last year of high school would have never arrived. However, here I am, ready to embark on my senior year filled with college applications and perspectives for the future. When I think back on the countless school days I have completed over the years, I begin to question myself, did I sincerely enjoy my youth? From the latter years of my education, I can most prominently recall how much I dreaded waking up early every morning or how much I loathed the amount of homework I received. I believe that since I spent my adolescence waiting, and searching for something greater than what I was currently experiencing, I surrendered the opportunity to appreciate the age of my innocence that will soon be consumed by the responsibilities of adulthood.
Throughout this last year of high school, I want to make it a goal to thoroughly relish in my current experiences; to let the complaining cease and focus my perspective on my daily activities. Truthfully, after this era of education, speaking for the approaching seniors, our daily life as we currently know it conclude. We won't see the same people for eight hours a day, nine months a year. A new routine will be upon us and we will only carry the memories of the past with us. So let us create memories that we can look back on and cherish rather than memories tainted by complaints and wants of the future. We have the future to live the future and the present to live the present. Instead of being constrained by the phantom of time, we should surrender ourselves to our current adventure and embrace the present aspects of life. Best put into words by Marjorie Pay Hinckley, "The trick is to enjoy life. Don't wish away your days, waiting for better ones ahead."
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