I was driving back to school the other day, and an all too familiar song came on my radio. It's a song I grew up listening to and have overlooked far too many times. It's a song that goes a little something like this...
"You're gonna miss this
You're gonna want this back
You're gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fast
These Are Some Good Times
So take a good look around
You may not know it now
But you're gonna miss this"
- Trace Adkins
These words are so incredibly simplistic, yet they hold so much truth. As you begin to grow up, you continuously long to be older. Long to be married, have children, and grow old. But you never realize how much you're going to miss the times you had when you were younger.
When you could go right next door and have your friends be there. When you played outside until the street lights came on. The times when you went on vacations with your family, or simply to the movies on Christmas day. You're going to miss those days.
There will be times in the days you long for that make you want to go back to those days that used to be. The days that were carefree and simple. Where you didn't have to worry about bills, or guys, or even school. When all of your family was alive and well.
Everything in life seems so simple when you're a kid, but the complexity of adulthood hits almost as fast as you blink. One moment you're in High School going to prom, and the next, you're walking down the aisle to the man you're going to spend the rest of your life with.
Life hits you harder than you ever think it will when you wake up and one major thing in your life has changed. Whether that be your friend moved to a different school, your boyfriend broke up with you, or one of your loved ones passed away.
Life is a constant change of events. You move and you grow and you can't go back and change anything. So, why would you constantly sit there hoping for your future to be here already? Maybe because you know you'll do better, be better, and find better.
Or maybe it's because you know God is wanting you to pursue your future. That isn't a bad thing, but you have to be careful. You don't want to rush God's timing. You don't want to look back and regret not taking things slower and appreciating the little things in your life.
So, take life one day at a time, or go as fast as God wants you to. But, don't let yourself take your current life for granted. Because you're going to miss life one day, and you don't want those regrets.
