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Even When

I dislike the fact that it has already been one year since I've been out of high school and time keeps shooting on by, I am thankful that with time comes change.
In those situations where we feel the most confused, hurt, or lost... we can find assurance in the fact that it will pass.
The best moments may not last forever, but neither do the bad ones.

I can't help but see the irony between our fast paced, "I want it now" world and the over dramatic people in a situation gone wrong.
Anything that is desirable we want immediately. Anything unpleasant we complain 'ruins our lives' and 'will never be over'.
Pick and choose.
Our generation does not know what the word "wait" means.
It is because of this ignorance that people blow small things out of the water.
And the sad thing is, it's only going to get worse.

Technology is becoming more sophisticated as we speak.
We are beginning to expect easy routes in life as well as everything to be handed to us without complication.
We are impatient, self-serving, impolite, annoying individuals.

What happened to taking an extra fifteen minutes for the scenic road?
The home made coffee with your spouse?
An entire day spent outside inventing games?
Helping mom crack an egg into the bowl?
Are these forgotten? Are they no longer treasured?
Maybe I can get to the hotel for an early check-in.
Starbucks has the only espresso I like.
Video games are more entertaining.
Just add water and place in the microwave for 'home made' brownies.

What is more convenient?
We do what we can to get an extra half hour at the end of the day.
For what? That extra episode of Family Guy. Thirty minutes to talk to friends online. Gossiping with the BFF on the phone.

I believe.. I think we all believe that there is more to our everyday lives than getting from point A to point B.
We may not say it, but we want to experience the in between.
We want to experience. I know we do.
How many people say they want to live life to the fullest and actually do?

This isn't so much a put-down as it is a challenge.
Take an extra minute to look at the beauty in your life and appreciate it in the now.
Stop looking at the beautiful flower through the window and go outside and smell it, feel it, experience it.
I say, it's worth it.

There is only so much time we are allotted. Before we know it we will be wondering where it went...how it was spent.

I use 'we' as an indication that this is our problem.
If you want this change, then it is up to you to do it.
You make the choice.