That Different Light...

I've come to find in these past few months that no matter what happens, there will always be something to look forward to. I have so much to look forward to.
I have so many plans.
I'm going to start living them.

It's all a process...
I'm growing. I'm learning. I'm healing.

I imagined and hoped for so many new experiences at the start of this school year. Three months later and I don't want to say that I'm disappointed, but more untouched. Passed by.
Then again... it's only been three months.
Then again... I shouldn't be complaining.
Life is good.
Unexpected things are thrown our way and we have to "roll with the punches".

I've found that all us adolescent youngster-teenagers all feel as if these rough patches we go through are the end of the world. When really... it's only the beginning.
We have so much time ahead of us to worry about this stuff.
A year, two years from now... everything will be different. Who you are now will have faded away. Non-existent in this universe.

So why do we act as if this is it? A dyer tragedy every time?
Perhaps our hearts are still new and tender? Perhaps our minds are still growing and gaining knowledge?

I suppose we must try to look at everything in a different light...
I guess if a heartbreak occurs, you are one heartbreak less than you were to your soon to be true love.
If things are said or done... it'll soon be overwith and over.
Tomorrow is a new day. Don't waste it with remorse or regret.

I suppose I may be that kettle calling that pot black, but I'm learning just as you are. My heart is strengthening just as yours is. But mostly, I'm trying to see things in another light just as I hope you are...

You are beautiful. You are worth it. You can do it.
You've got the world ahead of you.
I not only say these words to all of you... but to myself as well.
We all need to hear it sometimes.
Life is good... beautiful, magnificent, divine... idyllic in it's own perfect way despite the shadows that tend to follow behind...
Keep the light in, and those shadows will never hurt you.

Tomorrow is a new day... I hope it's a bright one.