If only we knew what would lie ahead.
So young and naive, we as children think everything is the end of the world. If only we knew what was yet to come. We sit in our elementary school classrooms, and the smallest things tear our worlds apart. This person wouldn't play with me at recess. My favorite toy is broken. Mommy didn't put my favorite snack in my lunch box. Daddy made me go to bed when I wasn't tired. My teacher yelled at me for talking during class. I'm so sad, and everything is falling apart.
If only we knew what would lie ahead.
We get older, and now we're in high school. Teenage years can be so brutal and we think everything is the end of the world. We start to change, both mentally and physically, and start becoming someone we don't recognize. I don't fit in with the cool kids. I'm ugly and no one will ever like me. That boy broke my heart and now I will never love again. My peers are encouraging me to do things I always said I wouldn't. How can I say no? School is so hard and my teachers expect so much. This is a nightmare. I'm so sad, and everything is falling apart.
If only we knew what would lie ahead.
We're in college and school is so much harder than it's ever been. Hours of homework and studying just to earn grades we are not satisfied with. If I can't get through this how will I succeed in the real world? I can't sleep, I can't eat, and I'm so stressed. My friends want to go out and party, to wash away all our worries and fears of tomorrow and the days to come. I've fallen in love, but this relationship is so complicated. Will we ever make it? Success seems so unobtainable. I'm so sad, and everything is falling apart.
If only we knew what would lie ahead.
We're out in the real world, things are still pretty tough and we know they will not get easier. We're working hard to pay the bills and make ends meet. We're getting in serious relationships, and marriage is becoming a discussion. We're having children, and losing sleep worrying how we will give them the best lives. We're still making mistakes and messing up. But as we get older, get married, start a family, watch our children have children, and look back on our lives, we will see that all those struggles made us stronger. Every little thing that happened has lead us to where we are, and we have made it. That's the thing about this crazy life. Things never get easier, but they become so much more worth it as time goes on. I'm happy, and everything is falling together.
If only back then, we knew that life is what lies ahead.
