I Never Realized How Great Those Days Were Until Now When I Look Back

Now a days, I feel like I get so much accomplished yet I still have so much to do; in other words, I never feel like I am "caught up", I never feel like all my school work is "completed". There is ALWAYS something to work on!

Looking back, high school was a PIECE OF CAKE! Yes, there were stressful weeks and hard tests but they were always do-able. There are things I look back on, and at that time, took them for granted: seeing my friends all day every day, having teachers that pretty much babysat us and made sure our work was done, having the little inside jokes that everyone knew about, etc.

Now, we have to "schedule" to spend time with friends, we take care of ourselves instead of our professors doing it for us, and yes there are plenty of inside jokes but now they are truly inside jokes because only about 5 people are in on them. I am not saying I miss high school, because I don't...college is way too much fun :)

I do wish I would have appreciated and cared about my life more in high school though, if that makes sense. My relationships with my teachers were the best that I will ever have with a prof, yet I rarely sincerely thanked them for all the time they spent on me and helping me succeed. I rarely stopped to tell my friends simply that I was glad to see them every day; of course I enjoyed talking to them and love them to death, but I can only think of a couple times that I simply thanked them for being with me all the time.

I do miss bathroom/locker room talks, decorating lockers, pep rallys, and other school events but, I am reminded those are being replaced by late night talks, leaving a note under someone's door, and college games and campus events.

The one thing I would trade - more easy classes! However, my classes are more interesting here at college but they are just SO hard! High school anatomy and trig seem like a walk in the park compared to my classes now...but, everything is not easy so I just have to get used to it!

I guess the lesson here is treasure every moment, don't take anything for granted, and be thankful for every blessing; live the life God has given you to the fullest!