The last days of our teens

My daughter is a teenager.

She has big plans and bigger dreams. When I hear her talking of where she wants to study next, the countries she wants to travel to, the cities she plans to live in, the kind of house she wants to build....... one part of my mind says-Yeah, I also thought that way, once upon a time

Those were the dreams.

This is the reality.

The reality isn’t all bad. The sad part is that me (and a lot of us) have become too jaded to dream. We have resigned on our hopes. We have given up on trying so many things.

These are the last two days of our teens.

Let’s celebrate today, before the years turn into twenties.

Let’s go out and party, laugh at the same old jokes and sing the same old songs, just as tunelessly at full volume.

Let’s look at life with hope, waiting for the adventures to unfold, for special people to come in and for new friendships to unfurl.

Let’s try believing once more that there is a world out there waiting for us to step in and make the change.

Let’s celebrate friends and friendships again. To prioritize them above tasks and responsibilities and remind ourselves again just how much fun it is just to have fun.

We can still dream about all that we still need to do and discover.

Let’s start with some more hope.

Our days of twenties are right here.

The years to make the dreams of the teens come true.

Let’s live them to the very best.