“Look at you. You’re young. And you’re scared. Why are you so scared? Stop being paralyzed. Stop swallowing your words. Stop caring what other people think. Wear what you want. Say what you want. Listen to the music you want to listen to. Play it loud and dance to it. Go out for a drive at midnight and forget that you have school the next day. Stop waiting for Friday. Live now. Do it now. Take risks. Tell secrets. This life is yours. When are you going to realize that you can do whatever you want?”
My best friend sent me this quote on facebook. She found it in Stumbleupon- from "Four Short Plays" by Louise Flory, and it completely sums up our feelings right now. We keep talking with so much excitement about the future. This is the time when everything is going to change and we can do anything we want and there's so much to see and do and feel and there's really no other time we'll have so little holding us back. It feels amazing to be young and alive (always, but especially now) and there's so much to look forward to. It's one of those times when I feel like I'm getting high from the pure joy of living and being happy and free. Whatever has gone wrong in the past has no hold over my beautiful, untainted future. Maybe I'm seeing the world through rose-colored glasses, but I'd rather err on the side of beauty than the side of doubt. The world is always a great place to be in the springtime, but especially when you're eighteen years old and you are wearing a sundress.
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