Just a moment to reflect...
I've been sitting here enjoying the solitude of my room for the past several hours doing nothing but just thinking about life. Thinking about what's important and what's not. Thinking about my past, my present, and my future. One thing I've thought about is how quickly life passes you by. It feels like it was just yesterday that I was sitting in my room on 44th street with a select few playing Chrono Trigger or hanging at Jose's house making Pac-man cartoons with Mario Paint (don't ask). Now I'm almost 23 years old, I'm finishing up college, and thinking about my future career. Many others I know are either in the same situation as me or have careers and responsible lives of their own.
It just seems like the reality of everything now hasn't really kicked in. In fact, I witnessed 2 good friends of mine go away to the military, one of which to war. One of those people I know will be just fine and will have a very fulfilling life, the other, I'm more concerned about. I honestly didn't think much of it at first. It wasn't until the final moments I saw him that reality finally kicked in. As I saw one of my friends embrace him with tears running down his face. He pleaded with him to not do anything stupid and to not be reckless and to "please come back..." It was at that moment that I realized that this could be the last time I ever see this person. It was then that I realized how important life is and how quickly life passes you by. It was then that I actually cried myself. May God be with him and I pray that he comes back alive.
So over these past few hours I realized that you shouldn't take life for granted. You shouldn't worry about the petty things. You should cherish every day that you breathe fresh air into your lungs. For all you know it could be your last. Even if it isn't your last, it is still important to treat it as if it is. My friend going to war was what woke me up. It made me finally think about how quickly life passes you by, how quickly lives could change, how quickly things are no longer the same, how quickly you could be in a basement playing D&D and the next your over in Iraq fighting for your country.
I've now put my own life into perspective. To think that within the next year or two I could, for example, be in the Secret Service protecting the president, living away from home, supporting myself, or maybe something different. All I know is that before I know it, that will be reality, not the reality that is now. It's just amazing how quickly these things happen. Days, weeks, months, and years might seem like forever away at THIS moment, but when those future days that you think about come, you will be thinking about how quickly it has arrived and not how long it took to get there. Just something to think about...
It just seems like the reality of everything now hasn't really kicked in. In fact, I witnessed 2 good friends of mine go away to the military, one of which to war. One of those people I know will be just fine and will have a very fulfilling life, the other, I'm more concerned about. I honestly didn't think much of it at first. It wasn't until the final moments I saw him that reality finally kicked in. As I saw one of my friends embrace him with tears running down his face. He pleaded with him to not do anything stupid and to not be reckless and to "please come back..." It was at that moment that I realized that this could be the last time I ever see this person. It was then that I realized how important life is and how quickly life passes you by. It was then that I actually cried myself. May God be with him and I pray that he comes back alive.
So over these past few hours I realized that you shouldn't take life for granted. You shouldn't worry about the petty things. You should cherish every day that you breathe fresh air into your lungs. For all you know it could be your last. Even if it isn't your last, it is still important to treat it as if it is. My friend going to war was what woke me up. It made me finally think about how quickly life passes you by, how quickly lives could change, how quickly things are no longer the same, how quickly you could be in a basement playing D&D and the next your over in Iraq fighting for your country.
I've now put my own life into perspective. To think that within the next year or two I could, for example, be in the Secret Service protecting the president, living away from home, supporting myself, or maybe something different. All I know is that before I know it, that will be reality, not the reality that is now. It's just amazing how quickly these things happen. Days, weeks, months, and years might seem like forever away at THIS moment, but when those future days that you think about come, you will be thinking about how quickly it has arrived and not how long it took to get there. Just something to think about...