Listen first. Read second.
Did you listen to the lyrics carefully? Did you hear the meaning in his words? Just let them sink in.
My senior year is getting closer and closer everyday. Planning for post-high school is becoming a daily task. It seems like everything I do has something to do with college; whether athletically or academically. Soon I'll be applying to colleges, taking the SAT multiple times, taking more college visits, talking to recruiters, and shaping myself into a college student-athlete. My future is approaching. And so is the end of all innocence. Tomorrow is another day I am to be maturer and more aware of the world and its problem. Tomorrow is another day that I must let go of some childish things and grow closer to the adult world. But as Miguel repeatedly inquired, where is the fun in that? Where is the joy in constantly knowing that soon this fun will end and we won't get to be as free even in a life of ultimate freedom? I am anxious for the future. Indeed I am. But I become saddened at times by the fact that the world I am being prepared for is so serious and heartless and selfish. High school has its moments of brutality but I've grown with these kids and have gotten to know these kids. We've been through a lot together. And at this time next year, we will be going in separate directions and taking different paths and becoming citizens of the real world in numerous ways. But what's so great about forever? You nor I will ever see it. Right? It never...ends. There are ends to all beginnings, right? So why is forever so important? It's like the number of licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Pop. The world may never know.
My senior year is getting closer and closer everyday. Planning for post-high school is becoming a daily task. It seems like everything I do has something to do with college; whether athletically or academically. Soon I'll be applying to colleges, taking the SAT multiple times, taking more college visits, talking to recruiters, and shaping myself into a college student-athlete. My future is approaching. And so is the end of all innocence. Tomorrow is another day I am to be maturer and more aware of the world and its problem. Tomorrow is another day that I must let go of some childish things and grow closer to the adult world. But as Miguel repeatedly inquired, where is the fun in that? Where is the joy in constantly knowing that soon this fun will end and we won't get to be as free even in a life of ultimate freedom? I am anxious for the future. Indeed I am. But I become saddened at times by the fact that the world I am being prepared for is so serious and heartless and selfish. High school has its moments of brutality but I've grown with these kids and have gotten to know these kids. We've been through a lot together. And at this time next year, we will be going in separate directions and taking different paths and becoming citizens of the real world in numerous ways. But what's so great about forever? You nor I will ever see it. Right? It never...ends. There are ends to all beginnings, right? So why is forever so important? It's like the number of licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Pop. The world may never know.
The anxiety you feel is also the excitement to launch into another segment of your life. Like the song says: every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.You should be afraid. It means you're alive.
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