This week I really want to share this powerful message which was shared on social media that moved me beyond words.
Everyone at one point in their lives just wanted to be older. This message will remind you to not fast forward your life but rather to stop and enjoy every minute of it!
You don’t want to be wondering years later when it’s a bit too late, how much has flown past in a blur in a blink of an eye.
What I’d give to be carefree again…a leg and an arm if I could. Making mud pies, running around barefoot …skinned knees are just about the only problems you’ll have as a child.
Stop!
There is no rush!
“Wherever you are, be all there…” Unknown. May this help you enjoy the moment for what it is.
Written by Christina Petrovski:
Dear young, high school girl,
I know you probably feel so grown up. All you want to do is look older, be able to nail that contour and smokey eye, and try finding a fake id.
But please slow down.
Live out your innocence and childhood as long as you can.
None of the guys around you right now in high school care about you.
They only want one thing from you.
I promise. I watched it happen to most of my friends in those four years.
I’m blessed to have avoided that type of emotional attachment at that age.
Stop partying, stop the drama, stop not caring about your grades and bragging about it. Don’t be an ass to that nerdy guy, because I guarantee you will be running after him after he is accepted into Detroit Mercy Dental School and that hot guy throwing bush parties right now is still trying to land a part time job at 25.
You don’t realize how important it is to smarten up at your age and actually focus in school. What you do now defines your whole life. I wish I could go back and change how I handled situations and my naivety.
Don’t put yourself in situations that will affect your mind set for the rest of your life. Be true to yourself, stay close with your parents and the rest of your family.
You don’t know how long you have with them. I look back on some of my partying nights and wish I had stayed home with my dad watching documentaries instead; he would have kept me safe and kept me from being a puking drunk mess that night.
You are 15, not 23.
Stop trying to look and act that age when you are no where near finishing an undergrad and in a serious relationship that may become more any day now.
Skip the makeup, heart breaks and serious decision making for as long as you can. A 22 year who wishes she was 15 again?
