Illuminated

I can remember days when I didn’t have to constantly worry about the events that would take place a week later. I can remember weekends when I would hate to stay home and I would look for any excuse to stay up late and find something to do. I can remember when life was good. It had innocence. It was pure. I can remember sitting in class towards the end of my Junior High career hearing the teacher talk about life after high school and how so much planning would be involved. I can remember a small fraction of my life that was stress-free.

Sometimes, I feel like I’m being forced to enter a world I won’t understand - a world I won’t be comfortable with. At times, I feel as if I have nobody there to guide me in the right direction when my perception of reality is blurred. I know this isn’t true since I have wonderful friends, helpful teachers, and an amazing family to lean on in times of need. I just wish life wouldn’t hit me so hard, so quickly and abruptly as it has.

I’m not sure of where my life will take me or anyone for that matter. All I know is that today is a gift and tomorrow is never really promised. The friends that have been made, the struggles we have endured, and the legacy we leave will hopefully inspire a younger generation to strive for difficult but attainable goals in their lifetime just as we have exhibited throughout our own lives.