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“I’m seventeen and I’m crazy. My uncle says the two always go together. When people ask your age, he said, always say seventeen and insane. . . .” – Clarisse McClellan, Fahrenheit 451
It’s a little frightening when I consider that in three months I will be eighteen. Did anyone else ever feel this way, or does everyone feel this way? … A child trapped in hardly a woman’s body, with what has proven to be a man by her side. There are so many things that will change and so many things that possibly could. I am at the brink of the rest of my life. … And in short, I am afraid.
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Everyone gets afraid when they know that one's life will change forever. But it can be one of the best moments of our life. There are so many new and open avenues to journey into. It will be amazing! Just stay focused and enjoy this new journey in your life. Remember, you are going to go far, and will be noticed for who you are, not who you have been. It is your time to come "ALIVE"
I think the summer I turned 18 was the year I forgot my birthday (not the date, no, just that I hadn't been paying attention).
In retrospect, I can't think of anything that could be considered a turning point when the clock of my age ticked upward by one.
Or perhaps there was that point but I don't consider it due to my birthday coming about (I was vacationing with family in Washington state, on a secluded and private beach where there were only a few other families). The turning point, if there was one, was that I had the ability to reflect on everything without the distraction of that 'everything.'
Fear, I proclaim, is an excellent emotion to have at this point. This new strain of fear will be your "new" obstacle: You will either use it to drive you to greater heights or let it repress you, putting you into a state of stagnancy.
(Also, in reply to your reply to me: I try to craft my advice to be measured, distinct and brutally honest. A lot has been learned in my first two years of adulthood. I'm going to be arrogant and say that I've learned a great deal more than most everyone else because of my introspective and unrelentingly curious nature.
As Pablo Picasso once said: It takes a long time to become young. It's taken me up to this point to learn to be a child; playful and insatiably curious, unafraid to behave foolishly, a desire to try and do everything and to take pleasure in all things but, most of all, it's taken me up to this point to learn to behave this way while maintaining all of what I've learned and gained from my tireless introspection and observation.)
This is really very long and kudos to you if you've actually read it. :p
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