Time

Time. 

So many meanings. 

More time. 

Less time. 

Overtime. 

On time. 

Time. 

Basically everyone has the same amount of time to accomplish something. Growing up, learning, getting a job. Overall it's the same amount. 

True: we only have one life.

False: we have to live every moment to the fullest.

When you're on your death bed, you're not going to have time to think back to EVERY, SINGLE day of your life. You want to be able to look back on a handful of cherished and prized memories. Memories where you can recall every little detail. Sight, smell, touch, sound, taste. All of it. The time we have isn't to live to the extreme everyday. In the end it's the little things you come to appreciate. Like seeing the same face when you wake up in the morning. Or getting that greeting from your neighbor everyday. Sometimes in the end, the little stuff is what makes you realize it's all worth it.

Sure some people will disagree and say that the little things don't count. But I remember the little things now and I'm seventeen. Don't live every day to the fullest just because you think in the end it's what you''ll remember most. Just let the moments happen and in the end you'll realize which ones turned into memories.

Only

I hate that word. I know it's stupid. How could someone hate a word? But just the sound of it is stupid. ONLY. Only. Only. Only. It has no meaning to anything. I'm only seventeen. I'm only a girl. It's only Saturday. It almost sounds like an insult. People say I'm "only a child" and that I don't know what I'm talking about. They are ONLY adults. Half the time adults act like our mistakes are this new thing and they don;t understand why we did it. Well they were once ONLY children. People hang this word over us. Thinking it will change our mind. And usually that works. If a fifteen year old wants to get a job, they can't because they are only a child. let me tell you, some fifteen year olds are more mature than some twenty-five years olds. This word has many meanings. Being single; the only option; being recent. An only child. You can only go to your room. I only read that yesterday. These are how you use the word.

S.O.C.K.S.

This is a little something I learned from my Spanish teacher; if you spell out the words socks really fast, it sounds like eso si que es (pardon my terrible Spanish). Which very losely translates to "that's just the way it is". I always thought this was kind of cool. I've noticed in life, there are lots of "socks" moments. Something happens and all you can say is "that's just the way it is", not much else can be done. We can't control everything in our life, unfortunately. But would we really be happy if we were in total control of every single thing in our life? Maybe yes, and maybe no. Controlling every aspect of our lives would make our world mundane...no surprises, no accidents. Serendipity as we know it would no longer exist. And for some people, that is all that they live for. I believe that things happen for a reason. And yes, sometimes that reason is unclear, or we don't like it...but all I have to say to that is.... S.O.C.K.S.