Change. One moment someone is rich, then they're poor. Someone is young and healthy, then they're elderly and ill. Someone is alive and active, then they're deceased and lifeless. With the passing of Jade Goody, although I didn't really care much for her, everything will be different now; in the same way when Princess Diana died, things will just feel different; she won't play a part in society any more, things won't 'happen' because of her, and the world will be everything minus her. There are lots of events that had a 'before and after' sort of effect, like I remember the 1997 election making me see things differently, like a blanket had covered the world around me; same with 9/11, starting a new school, Woolworths closing down, or friends leaving my life.
My friend getting married just woke me up to the fact that everything is changing rapidly; no longer were we practicing our secret handshake together, or wearing holes in our uniforms playing football. He is married, will hopefully have children, grow old, and then die. But we are too absorbed in our lives now, in the present, to realise how quickly everything is changing; how 'now' is becoming history, and how the future is becoming 'now'. Young people walking the street, strutting their stuff probably don't realise that they will grow old one day. We don't associate old people with being once young, and they're probably as shocked to realise how time has flown, how their friends have moved on and passed away, how their youthful appearances and ambitions have worn into wrinkles and worry. Change is probably the thing people are most afraid of, but don't realise it's already happening everywhere around them! The question is, how would you spend your moments with someone you KNOW you won't be seeing again?
Maybe that's how you should spend every moment.
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Change is just a part of life, Yasin. Nothing you can avoid. I see what you mean about messing around with your friends one second and the next thing you know he's getting married. Happened with my cousin, I remember how competitive things got when we played PS1 games, and now hes been married for almost two years. Things change; that's how the world goes. But, you should see change as a good thing. Cherish those memories of your friends at school, and how much fun you had, But also realise that it's a part of your life which has passed or is passing. At the same time, the future is something to look forward to. There will always be challenges you'll be facing now and plenty to come in the future, focus on them doing the best for yourself. Change is continious and constant, flow with the river or direct your own course. Just don't fight it.
By getting high. I kid :P.
I'm going to quote a song here since it's quite an apt lyric:
"Time's change lying the falling autumn leaves".
It's true that every second that passes by we won't get back and it's true we have to try and live our lives to the fullest as much as possible. With those people you won't think you won't see again, I guess it's good to rekindle some of the old memories one last time - everyone likes to do that once before the candle fades out.
I'm impressed; although impressed isn't exactly the word I'm looking for.
You have a mind.
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