I've always been waiting. Ever since I can remember. Waiting to become something else, waiting to become that person I always imagined I would be. And I've always felt so close, as if I was just one step away. In grade school, it was mostly waiting on some boy to show the slightest interest in me. In high school, I was watching the clock until I could become the "mature, college" version of myself. Then it was waiting on my body to look a certain way. And now I'm waiting to finish college, because that's when my life will begin.

For nineteen years, I have been waiting for my life to start - longing for something or someone. Everyone does this. We all long to be somewhere else or be someone else. I'm sure we can all agree on the fact that wherever we are, we want to be somewhere else. And once you get there you begin thinking of yet another location you long to be. Or maybe you read a magazine and see that Jennifer Aniston is forty-seven years old and still looks like she's in her thirties, and you're just sitting on the couch reading this article and eating chocolate. I bet you wish you were her, and that's okay because it's natural. We are never content with where we are or who we are for the simple fact that we are always waiting and longing for things.

Our lives are passing day by day. Time is passing and things are changing as we breathe. I've wasted so much time waiting to look a certain way or be somewhere I'm not. I don't want to wait anymore.

I believe there is nothing more sacred or beautiful than this day. There could be a million big moments embedded in this day that are going to happen. These big moments are filled with tiny moments that give us hope and joy and love - that give us the courage to keep going and forgive. These are in every conversation, every meal, everywhere.

I am so done waiting. I'm ready to seize the day. To start fresh. To never wish to be someone I'm not. To let time pass and be thankful to be where I am. We have to go through things to get where we want. We have to work for things. Never wish your life away. Ask yourself what you're waiting for and what keeps you on the sidelines of your own life. Treat each day as a blank slate for you to create something that is everything beautiful and wonderful.