When going throughout life, sometimes it is difficult to be cognizant of everything around you, all at once. Particularly, when going through adolescence and as one progressively ages it is often forgotten that those older than us — namely, our parents and grandparents — are aging as well.

Ten years ago from today, they did not see themselves at the age that they are at now — just as I, an eighteen year old kid, did not see myself in my current situation or state of mind even two years ago.

Age encompasses a never-ending series of milestones, we all have our particular ones, and we're all reaching and surpassing them simultaneously. The emotional effect of each milestone is different from person to person; nevertheless, it is important to keep in mind that those closest to us and those around us and those who will always be there for us regardless of the matter, are facing and overcoming their own challenges within themselves.

Milestones are reached in varying, unpredictable segments of time and are impossible to pin to a particular day or period. There is no specific point to this article rather a small rant from something that has been on my mind throughout this week; how time has been moving at a deceiving pace — a constant pace. This pace of constancy makes time seem as if it at a standstill in one instance while in another, 40 years have gone by and one has no idea how it happened so swiftly.

Time is intrinsically pervasive in nature — it never stops, not for anything or anyone regardless of how talented or enlightened one may be. This can either be a really good or a really bad thing, all depending on your current state of mind.

All in all, try to remain aware of your surroundings. It may be a scary thing to do — at least it is for me — but it will pay off in the end and make everything more worthwhile, that's at least what I'm hoping for.