The Wonder Years
I recently got back in touch with an old friend of mine that I hadn't talked to in ten years. We were reminicing and it made me think of how life was when we were 15.
Maybe it was different for you guys, but I can't help but miss those days so much. Life was so simple then.
It really didn't seem like it at the time, though. Life seemed so delicate then. Like the smallest thing could make your whole world fall apart at any second. So you lived your life that way - in the moment. Everything was decided by your emotions. You only cared about what you felt, consequences and logic be damned.
Remember how excited you would get when your favourite song would come on? It seemed like you just couldn't be any happier than you were right at that second. There were so many of those moments, though. Like the elation of getting a phone call from that girl or guy that you had a crush on, but you always had to play it cool. Inside, though, you felt like your heart could burst and you would die completely happy. Or when you would be out with your friends, nothing really mattered except for that small piece of time.
Those were the things that were important. Your friends were what made you feel like you were special, like you were loved, although you never told each other. The music conveyed your feelings when you couldn't muster the courage to tell anyone about them. Making someone a mix tape was like pouring your heart out to them.
I was always the dark, brooding, depressed teenager. When I think about it, though, I'm amazed at the zeal for life that even I had. Everything was felt so much more. In retrospect, the problems that we all had back then were so trivial but they seemed like they would crush us into the ground like an ant.
As we get older, we seem to lose that. The everyday grind of life just sucks it right out of you. Having to worry about the job, the house, kids, insurance, bills, groceries, the car.
One of my favourite shows when I was growing up was The Wonder Years. I never missed an episode, but I never truly understood it until now. I would never go back to being a teenager if I could, but it sure is nice to think back sometimes.
Maybe it was different for you guys, but I can't help but miss those days so much. Life was so simple then.
It really didn't seem like it at the time, though. Life seemed so delicate then. Like the smallest thing could make your whole world fall apart at any second. So you lived your life that way - in the moment. Everything was decided by your emotions. You only cared about what you felt, consequences and logic be damned.
Remember how excited you would get when your favourite song would come on? It seemed like you just couldn't be any happier than you were right at that second. There were so many of those moments, though. Like the elation of getting a phone call from that girl or guy that you had a crush on, but you always had to play it cool. Inside, though, you felt like your heart could burst and you would die completely happy. Or when you would be out with your friends, nothing really mattered except for that small piece of time.
Those were the things that were important. Your friends were what made you feel like you were special, like you were loved, although you never told each other. The music conveyed your feelings when you couldn't muster the courage to tell anyone about them. Making someone a mix tape was like pouring your heart out to them.
I was always the dark, brooding, depressed teenager. When I think about it, though, I'm amazed at the zeal for life that even I had. Everything was felt so much more. In retrospect, the problems that we all had back then were so trivial but they seemed like they would crush us into the ground like an ant.
As we get older, we seem to lose that. The everyday grind of life just sucks it right out of you. Having to worry about the job, the house, kids, insurance, bills, groceries, the car.
One of my favourite shows when I was growing up was The Wonder Years. I never missed an episode, but I never truly understood it until now. I would never go back to being a teenager if I could, but it sure is nice to think back sometimes.