Change of Age: A Graduate Unveils
While going through a bunch of old writings and songs, I found this old blog about high school graduation. It's actually kind of inspiring. I'm a little bit impressed with myself. lol.
Be mindful that I wrote this a loooong time ago.
Change of Age: A Graduate Unveils
By: Alyssa Cline
February 21st, 2009
Change. It's the most simple, chaotic, terrifying, exciting, and momentous word. So many things can change and are attributed to change. People change. Times change. People grow older and times become more modernized. Everything happens for a reason, even and especially change.
It's funny to say, but I actually remember being of the age of 3 or 4 and standing on a stage in a crowded room. There were people everywhere and I was wearing a white graduation cap and one of those frilly little dresses that are only cute on little girls. I had one task. All I had to do was say my name into a microphone. It seems like such an easy thing now, but the world is so much bigger when you're young. You see things in such a different light. Little kids never think about the future because they can't really see themselves growing up. To them, age is just the number of fingers you hold up when someone asks you, or the age you get to do something special like an older sibling. Sure, they like to talk about being firefighters and doctors, but they never actually see it. The future is only as defined as you want it to be. So in my task, I knew I was graduating preschool and bigger things were coming, but did I understand it?
Finally, my name was said for me by one of my hopelessly devoted teachers, after a silence that seemed to last a lifetime. Yes bigger things can happen, but when you're 3, nothing could have been bigger than that.
So it brings me back to this. Times change. I am getting closer and closer to graduating high school. Although I have different friends, like different things, am no longer shy, and the world has become more technological, the basis of life has not changed. When I was younger I saw myself becoming a pediatrician and marrying the neighbor boy that I was ever so devoted to playing tag with, but none of that has really changed. I still see myself becoming something great and helping people (kids especially), just as I did before. And I see myself getting married to someone I enjoy spending time with. Now I see myself becoming a child psychologist and marrying a Christian man, and that is exactly what my dreams were portraying when I was younger. Happiness.
Dreams aren't just want your mind puts together at a moment of weakness. They're the goals you want to accomplish and the ones everyone knows you are capable of. When someone sees you fulfilling your dreams, it will give them hope. So share the love. Have a dream and make it count! Every inspiration comes with a satisfied follower. Just remember that happy roads are not always the easy ones. Because at some point, everyone and everything will hurt you. You just have to find the people and things worth suffering for. That's what makes dreams come true. And that is how you win your pursuit of Happiness!
Be mindful that I wrote this a loooong time ago.
Change of Age: A Graduate Unveils
By: Alyssa Cline
February 21st, 2009
Change. It's the most simple, chaotic, terrifying, exciting, and momentous word. So many things can change and are attributed to change. People change. Times change. People grow older and times become more modernized. Everything happens for a reason, even and especially change.
It's funny to say, but I actually remember being of the age of 3 or 4 and standing on a stage in a crowded room. There were people everywhere and I was wearing a white graduation cap and one of those frilly little dresses that are only cute on little girls. I had one task. All I had to do was say my name into a microphone. It seems like such an easy thing now, but the world is so much bigger when you're young. You see things in such a different light. Little kids never think about the future because they can't really see themselves growing up. To them, age is just the number of fingers you hold up when someone asks you, or the age you get to do something special like an older sibling. Sure, they like to talk about being firefighters and doctors, but they never actually see it. The future is only as defined as you want it to be. So in my task, I knew I was graduating preschool and bigger things were coming, but did I understand it?
Finally, my name was said for me by one of my hopelessly devoted teachers, after a silence that seemed to last a lifetime. Yes bigger things can happen, but when you're 3, nothing could have been bigger than that.
So it brings me back to this. Times change. I am getting closer and closer to graduating high school. Although I have different friends, like different things, am no longer shy, and the world has become more technological, the basis of life has not changed. When I was younger I saw myself becoming a pediatrician and marrying the neighbor boy that I was ever so devoted to playing tag with, but none of that has really changed. I still see myself becoming something great and helping people (kids especially), just as I did before. And I see myself getting married to someone I enjoy spending time with. Now I see myself becoming a child psychologist and marrying a Christian man, and that is exactly what my dreams were portraying when I was younger. Happiness.
Dreams aren't just want your mind puts together at a moment of weakness. They're the goals you want to accomplish and the ones everyone knows you are capable of. When someone sees you fulfilling your dreams, it will give them hope. So share the love. Have a dream and make it count! Every inspiration comes with a satisfied follower. Just remember that happy roads are not always the easy ones. Because at some point, everyone and everything will hurt you. You just have to find the people and things worth suffering for. That's what makes dreams come true. And that is how you win your pursuit of Happiness!
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