I remember when I turned 23, I felt OLD.
I've been in college for longer than four years. I felt a little behind in life. And I honestly felt a little over the hill.
I know I know. No 23 year old is over the hill. But I still felt that way. And me being a little behind with semesters in college didn't help my feeling.
But one day, I time travelled. I swear!
I was daydreaming about myself as an 80 year old. I was old and brittle.
...and I was upset.
"Why didn't I do 'this' in life? Why didn't I do 'that' in life?"
I was an unaccomplished old man much closer to his deathbed than his crib. And I wanted nothing more than to go back to have a second chance.
"If only I could go back to when I was 23. I'd do things different. The things I was scared to do, I'll do them this time. Because here I am near my deathbed. It had to happen, so why didn't I have the courage or willpower the first time?"
WHOOSH!
I snapped out of it.
I looked around... I was 23 again!
That literally made me feel good. THere I was feeling old and over the hill, but a change of perspective gave me inspiration.
With this new inspiration, I want to do the things that my 80 year old self wish he did...
Call me crazy, but I felt like a time traveller. Feeling old, like I did things late in life. The suddenly, I'm young again!
We all have one life to live. Life's too short to live it sane.
