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Stay Young Forever

“Today is the oldest you've ever been, and the youngest you'll ever be"

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"Time goes faster than you think"

When I was younger, I always wondered how adults lost that "childlike sense" and that "giddiness" when something good happened. The excitement over the smallest things, embracing the curiosity. But I still wanted to grow up, to fast forward through school, living at home, the rules. I wanted the freedom to drive, make decisions for myself, the whole independency. Being young we all had the idea of exactly what we wanted to be. I wish it was that simple to have it all figured out now but we all know it can't be that easy.

The one thing about growing up is that is sneaks up on you when you least want it to. One day you are learning how to open your padlock for your school locker than you are moving into your first apartment about to get your college diploma. Growing up they didn't tell you how much you would miss the smallest things such as Sunday breakfasts in the dining room with your family, or the bedroom you grew up in won't be there forever. Growing up we didn't think love would be complicated or that not everyone would have the same mindset as you in this world.

They didn't mention to us how much we would miss the embarrassment we felt when our mother dropped us off at the movies to hangout with the boys in our class. Or that when life doesn't work the way we planned it too we can't hide under our blankets and think they'll vanish.

Or the rush of your first love, running around the neighborhood barefoot on a summer night. Those school nights before the homecoming football game where we would all puffy paint numbers on our t-shirts of our favorite players on the field.

Now that we're older we became blindsided with all of these responsibilities and new set of expectations. Leaving us confused, exhausted and in some cases; lifeless.

They didn't tell us that childhood had an expiration date, and that it would be the more carefree time of our lives. Sooner than we know it playgrounds will be replaced by cubicles and the notes we passed in class will be corporate emails. Nothing will be the same as it once was.

Put off growing up as long as you possibly can. Of course, it's inevitable (unless your Peter Pan) But it's okay to "feel young". Love every little possible thing you can in this world-and love it whole heartedly. Make the small excitements the big ones. Watch your favorite Disney movie and completely geek out on all of your favorite parts. Go visit the places you once went to in your old city that will bring back memories. Reach out to your old friends that grew up with you in your neighborhood. We only get one life-so make it worth the ride. Sure, we all have to enter the real world at some point, but honestly, what's the rush to face responsibility?






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