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The Years, Changing
Today was my last day as a high school freshman. It was an interesting year, it had its ups and downs just like any year. I think the most important thing I learned about was change. People change, and sometimes you have to make hard decisions based on these changes. It may be difficult, but in the end you are doing what is best for you. At the age of 15, I have learned a lot. Even so, I still have much to learn. When I graduated from elementary school, I thought I knew everything. I was arrogant and thought I was smarter than anyone else. I felt that no one and nothing could change me, that I was this amazing person. I thought I knew everything I needed to know, I thought I had figured everything else out and that there was nothing left to figure out. I was wrong. Graduating from middle school, I learned so much more in those short 3 years then I had learned in those 11. I learned lessons such as to be careful about who I trust because someone could always pull out a knife and stab you in the back. I learned that there's much more to life than being smart and getting stupid awards for it. I learned that I'm not invincible, that I have weaknesses and that's what keeps me from being immortal to the world I like that better, it makes life worth living. Finally, I made some good friends. Without them, I would have never become a better person. They taught me to never give up no matter how hard things get, such as my math buddy Kelsy. I learned to speak up because in the end, that's better than remaining in silence. I have three years left of high school. It's both short and long at the same time. I have much left to experience in those three years, yet it seems as if I have no time to do so. Time, when I have spare of that I leave it to ponder. What's to come next? Sometimes I'd like to know so I can be ready for whatever is to come, but then there would be no surprise. Without surprises, where's the excitement left in life? I will work. I will not give up. I will graduate college and become a psychiatrist since I've wanted to since the summer after 7th grade. Before then, I'd been debating between a couple career choices and before that I wanted to be a vet. Now I know what I want to do is help people. You know how you hear about people committing suicide on the news? I don't want to be the person that just watches that and wishes I could have done something to help. I want to be that person who helps. I want to know how to help people and then help them get better. My goal in life is to help someone. My ultimate goal is to hear the words "You changed my life" and "You saved my life" without asking for it. That's all I want in life, and that's what I intend to get.
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