I went to the mall today with some of my friends that are graduating in 2 days, and on the way home I was thinking about goodbyes, and life in general.
I was thinking about how fast it goes, and how I need to enjoy my life for what it is right now, it sucks that a lot of my friends are leaving in a few months to go off to college, but I realized in the car ride home that I need to cherish the time that I have left with them and not worry about a year from now when they might have forgotten about me. Because that's what I keep worrying about, I'm so afraid that the people I care about most are going to forget about me, and I need to stop because if I keep worrying then I'll miss opportunities like the one today, I won't be paying attention to the moment because I'll be so hung up on the future.
I was also thinking about when I'm an old lady, not able to do much, I'm gonna be thinking about times like the one I was currently in...young, in a car, music blasting, wind in my hair, with not a care in the world.
I realized in the car today how much I love life, and how I need to live my life day to day and stop worrying about the future, because I don't know about you, but I don't want the future to mess with my plans today. I learned in the car today how thankful I was that I was with my friends, I was glad to be a dumb kid.
I think me realizing all of this today will make it easier for me, when I am a little old lady, it will make it easier because I realized at 16 that life is too short to be worrying about goodbyes, I realized today that life moves fast and it's hard to keep up with, sometimes you have to just take a second to look at everything, and be thankful for the life that you have.
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Many people spend the whole of their lives trying to figure out what you learned in that car ride. You received a gift in that knowledge.
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