Five years ago, my worries included things like, "When is the last time I wore this outfit to school?" and, "What snacks should I keep in my locker?"
But there was also an anxious feeling looming overhead during my senior year in high school. I thought about how I may not see the people that I'd gone to school with for the past thirteen years ever again.
"Are people going to look down on me if I choose not to go to a four-year university?" "Will my best friends now be my best friends in college?" All these anxious thoughts sporadically came to mind as the end of my senior year quickly approached.
To be able to talk to my high school self and tell her that everything is going to be OK would have meant less heartache when my last days at that school came to an end. Everything will be OK. It's OK if you'll miss people you weren't quite friends with, but still sat in a classroom with for thirteen years of your life. It's OK to feel a sense of sadness in not being able to go about your normal routine...showing up to the high school parking lot at 7:30 a.m., walking to your locker, hanging out with your best friends in the hallway until one minute before the bell rang...
It's tough when the realization sets in that the people you knew in high school will slowly drift away, the friends you had will not necessarily stick around, and the world you once knew will become a whole lot bigger. To my high school self I wish I could say, "Everything will be OK."
Fast forward to current day. You've done nothing but grow into the person God has guided you to become. You have experienced so much, met so many people and encountered numerous opportunities to become what you thought in high school was just a blip in your head of uncharted territory. Back then, you didn't even quite know who you really were.
To my high school self who worried too much about what others thought and felt like she would never know what she wanted to do in life: everything will be OK.
