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Thomas Daryl O
06-418
January 11, 2007
English 2
"Seconds"
Time always seems to fly by. Even with the intention for it to fly by, or only through having fun as people say, time always pasts in a flash. Through Happiness and sadness, people will always look back and say that they miss the good old times, even if only twenty seconds had past. Sometimes, people are just anxious for time to past, either for the twelve o'clock lunch break lunch break or the four o'clock dismissal time. It seems that people are taught to look ahead to the future and miss what's in front of them. I'm not saying that I myself do not get into this habit. I seem to always find myself watching the clock as the last few minutes of calculus comes. That is why I admit that I have only learned this lesson recently; which was not soon enough. I beg you to take a few seconds and read through this composition, before everything is too late for you too.
To cherish every second of one's life like it is the last. This is one lesson of my life that I now focus on. It is sad that four years had to past by before this lesson came to me; and unfortunately, I had to lose a lot. I lived every second if my high school life in anxiety for special events. I would always look forward to fair days and prom's as inspirations to keep going. My body went to class but my mind was almost always list somewhere. I would not really recite unless I was called and I wouldn't really volunteer unless I was forced too. On my first year in high school I would tell myself that I would not remember that moment, but for some reason, I always did, and that got me to thinking that I did not do enough to forget all about that moment. Four years of my life was erased from time; and I was denied from going back and doing something about it. It feel's like nothing important ever happened in those years, that I did not matter if it was gone. I would always think to myself that I would change, but the only thing that changed was my idea to change. Every second became a minute that trickled by as life flowed ahead of me.
If you haven't watched the movie "Click" by Adam Sandler yet, I suggest you go and buy yourself a copy now. It is one of those movies where you actually learn something in the end. The movie is not only funny, it is also inspiring, especially the last few moments of the film. One lesson I learned from that movie came from one of Adam's lines, "Family first . . ." Before, I almost never wanted to spend time with my family, I would rather go out on parties and meet friends, but I learned that time really does fly when your having fun. I was out with my friends, my parents just get older and older, and getting closer to that inevitable end. I never want to miss the time when my parents are gone and I don't have the chance to tell them how much I love them. I know that I have been growing so fast and my parents are loosing their baby boy, but I never neglect to show them that I am still their son. Hours days as I continue to keep growing and my mind tries to be independent, but my heart knows it doesn't have to be independent, just loved.
Love comes and goes, everyone will probably learn that lesson sometime. Everyone is destined to love someone, and be loved by someone, it is the glorious truth of the world. Even though this is so, it should not be an excuse for someone to wait. Love does not wait, it is as impatient as a customer in a line at the grocery. It will wait for sometime, but leave when it deems the situation to be hopeless. If you love someone, tell them; do not wait for them to say it first. Don't be so narrow minded, and you will see that she or he has been there all the time. The people who seem dumbest to ask a person out on a date even if it's only the first time that they met are actually the smartest people for me. For me, that is the meaning of true love, helplessness. Don't wait for time to hit the person you like for them to realize that they like you too, tell her, or better yet, make her feel, and reap of the benefits afterwards. Days will turn into years as you watch him or her walk pass by, so get the chance to walk beside them.
I learned this lesson about the importance of time the most from a friend of mine, Howell Yao, from Xavier School. He was not really close to me but he was really nice and friendly. He recently passed away from a fire incident and I regret that I was not able to talk to him one last time before he passed away. He was so young, and he had his whole life still ahead of him. I guess that it has been proven, the good die young. Years turned into and instant stop for my friend. The only thing I can do now is lurk in his memory. It is so easy for seconds to turn into years and then completely stop. Cherish everyone moment, at anytime of your life, because every second counts. Don't keep looking so ahead, because you will surely miss what is in front of you. Love the ones who love you the most, treat them as treasures, the effort will never be forgotten. Don't wait for that feeling to be gone, take a risk, life cant get any worst than with the feeling that you never tried. Anyone can be taken at any second, death wont wait for you, so don't wait for death, race it to the finish line and know that you have done something with your life that is to be remembered. Second's will always pass by whether we like it or not, so let us not count the years, not even the minutes, but the seconds.
It may not be grammatically perfect, but Thomas had a lot more to say than most of us.
I hope I meet you again someday and you can laugh at me for being such a pansy about this whole ordeal.