It’s finally summer. Y A Y
I’m actually finished with sophomore year. I’ve cut off a chunk of my high school years, and I only have two left.
That is most terrifying to me.
Everyone (yes, literally everyone) told me junior year sucks. That it’s the worst of the worst. I’ve heard horror stories and cautionary tales. I’ve also been warned not to overload my schedule, but guess what over-achiever me has already done? 😉
But it isn’t the workload, or the stress, of junior year that I fear.
It’s the time.
It struck me shortly before the school year ended–and I mean really and genuinely struck me–that I only have two years left. Two years. Two years. That’s it.
That’s all the time I have left with my Berean-for-life friends, my childhood friends, and my best friends.
All the time I have left to be under the same roof as my parents and my brother before I move out.
All the time I have left to go to prom and co-lead/play for my soccer team.
Time to make impressions on my peers. Really see people for who they are.
Then, a chapter which has been opened for thirteen years will end.
And the next one will begin.
Gosh, I get chills just thinking about the future.
Today, I scrolled past a quote on my Pinterest feed. But then I backtracked. It’s a quote I’ve seen and read a million times, but never fully grasped. Until now.
Stop waiting for Friday, for summer, for someone to fall in love with you, for life. Happiness is achieved when you stop waiting for it and make the most of the moment you’re in now.
That’s what I’ve been doing so much of lately. Waiting. For literally all of those things. Every single one of them–I’m not joking.
As of today, I’ve decided to make a conscious decision each day to make the most of whatever I’m doing. Work. Soccer practice. Family time. Whatever it is, I’ll do it with intention, gratitude, and love. Instead of focusing on the desires and the longings and the waiting, I’m just going to live and be satisfied (I mean, how hard can that be, am I right? Ha.) 😉
I don’t plan on wasting these two years in the least bit.
I waited for summer. It’s here. And I can’t wait to see what it brings.
(See what I did there?!)
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