I'm slowly reaching the end of my teenager years, and I can't help but reflect my experiences these last year and a half of my life.
It took me 18 years, before I could find SoulCast and realize that I am actually capable of having insight.
It took me 18.2 years, to realize that the whole world can change in a day with 3 airplanes.
It took me 18.5 years, to realize that I could actually help people by just talking to them.
It took me 18.9 years, to realize that love doesn't necessarily need romance in the equation.
It took me 19.2 years, to see that I actually have talents that I could use for the better good, and not to better my ego.
It took me 19.4 years, to see that I could actually have a real, long-lasting friendships with people both younger and older than me.
It took me 19.6 years, to realize that I'm actually worth something to the woman that I want to marry and spend the rest of my life with.
It took me 19.7 years, to realize that love transcends speed = distance * time.
It took me 19.9 years to realize that worrying is but a distraction from achieving something great.
paidinblood posted on Jan 13, 2008
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queenparanoia said on Jan 13, 2008....
birthday mo ba? happy birtday na lang...you know when i reached the age of 20 i freaked out...why?beause i don'r wanna grow old. i wan to be a teenger forever...but i guess there are more great things that happens in life as you grow older. and one of them is that you know yourself as you grow old... and i'm glad that you do... =) -
paidinblood said on Jan 14, 2008....
it's not my birthday--yet.
I have no intentions of freaking out, it's been a good 19.9 years of existence and I would rather not trade it for anything else. I guess I wouldn't have myself any other way.
What we do need is to grow up, not grow old. :D
PiB
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JadeLondon said on Jan 14, 2008....
I wish I had learned that much at the edge of twenty!As far as aging goes, I think we really only grow old when we fail to adapt. But then again, I am only in my thirties, so what do I know?
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paidinblood said on Jan 14, 2008....
You have much more experience than I do and it shows in what you write since there is much profundity in your brevity.
Then, again I'm still nineteen. XD
PiB
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JadeLondon said on Jan 14, 2008....
PIB: Give it time. At nineteen, I felt like an old, but naïve soul. I was very sheltered as a child, and other than longing to taste freedom, I never really sowed my wild oats.The eighteen months has been very transitional for me. At least I can say that I am content with the change. For all the bad that happened to me, I realize it was making way for the good. And as a result, the beauty of the good was all the more sweeter.
And brevity? My dear PIB, you flatter me! I have never been able to put things in a nutshell.
Don't worry about your age. I would bank on you any day of the week!
And honestly, I didn't realize how young/old you were until today.
You've a very square head on your shoulders, and I wish you the best.
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JadeLondon said on Jan 14, 2008....
Hell's bells! I meant to say: 'The last eighteen months... -
ShakenToTheCore said on Jan 14, 2008....
Insightful for 19. It took me almost 30 years to realize most of that. -
paidinblood said on Jan 14, 2008....
ShakenToTheCore -- thanks for the comment.. I would think the greater mountain to climb for me right now is to put what wisdom I have gained into practice.
Jade-- I was just being honest. [grins] You know, you make it sound like you've been communicating with a teenager and you didn't even know it. XD
BTW, I didn't know exactly what square head means so I googled it and found that it's slang for German. lol I think I understand what you're trying to say, though.
PiB
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JadeLondon said on Jan 15, 2008....
Actually, I didn't know you were a teenager. Interpret that as you wish. :)When I said 'square head', I meant you were sensible. I hadn't heard the meaning you speak of from Google. I guess you learn something new everyday.
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paidinblood said on Jan 15, 2008....
Oh, I see... Thanks, you just helped me expand my vocabulary a bit. XD
Well from what I've found it's that the Germans had generally square heads--literally, some people misconstrued that it meant their WWII helmets, but it was actually their heads to be square-ish.
PiB
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JadeLondon said on Jan 15, 2008....
And you helped me expand mine. :)I once borrowed a book explaining the origin of English idioms. It was fascinating. Of course, with search engines, the answer is at your fingertips.
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Lucytorial said on May 15, 2008....
hmmm I've read you before but not commented I think and I didn't realise that you were so young.
You have a very eloquent way about you, aware, very interesting. I like being blown out of the water like this, it makes me feel quite stupid in assuming...
As they say assumptions are the mother of all F ups.
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