So today I started to realize that I try to be so grown up and act my age and convince everyone that I'm so old even though I look young when I am young. I am still so youthful, so fun, and have so much ahead of me. When I told people I am 23 yesterday and today they sort of comment on how nice it is to be young. I never really realized how lucky I am to be 23, I just always saw it as getting older and that I am past my youth because I graduated and now have to be an adult, like that happens overnight or something. Yes, I need to be more responsible, yes I pay bills, but does that mean I can't go to the park and swing on the swings for a half hour? No, it does not. So I think that's how I ended up at the park today. There is something about swinging that just makes me feel so free of everything. I can be contemplative or I can just close my eyes and enjoy the feel of the wind rushing past and the air blowing my face as I move. I can just try to reach the branches of the tree and not quite reach but keep thinking if I could just go a little higher I might be able to make it. I remember feeling on top of the world when I would swing as a child, I wanted to be Peter Pan and fly to Neverland. The branches were the star and I was almost there and I would keep trying until I could reach them. Sitting there swinging today I realized how much swinging has taught me about life. My countless attempts as a child to touch the branches and never give up taught me to never give up on my dreams. No matter how unattainable something may look, it is really just within reach. It's so wonderful to swing and realize that I have so much to live for and that no matter what happens, I will never give up on achieving my goals. I <3 Swings.
Peace&Love&Youth
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