“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
- Mark Twain.
I want this to be a place where I can express where I’m at in life, and where I’m headed. I’m learning that growing up really has nothing to do with being at that point right before you die where you realize you’ve grown up, it’s about the growing part. Life is about the growing. At seventeen, I’m at a moment where I’ve realized what I’m searching for: the feeling of being infinite. I read a book [The Perks of Being a Wallflower] once that had this feeling as its main theme. I remember being jealous of the characters that got to experience something so great as infinity. I realize now that they gained this feeling because they were open to growing, embracing it even. They weren’t letting the bittersweet between their teeth, the search for an in between balance, and love lost and found (The Naked and Famous, Young Blood) stop them from experiencing life, nor did they allow it to slow them down. We all reach turning points where we break from the tethered ropes of innocence that tie us to our childhood, and realize that we want nothing more than to grow and to feel the growth itself. The turning points where the feeling of brokenness is more than just something we notice in ourselves, but others also. The turning points where we realize that growing up is inevitable and that the growth is something we should embrace because we need it- that the need for change is what really drives a society, not the fear of it as we all have come to believe. The turning points where we begin the journey: searching for infinity
Here is a link to a brief synopsis of The Perks of Being a Wall Flower, by Stephen Chbosky- the main inspiration for the theme of this bloghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Perks_of_Being_a_Wallflower
Also, here is a link to the music video for the song referenced in my text- Young Blood, by the Naked and Famous:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdO85Qf4Poc
