Take Away My Sweet-Sixteen
I am a sixteen-year-old girl. Movies, TV shows, and songs are always busy praising the age of sweet sixteen. What is so sweet about being a sixteen-year-old? I am not a young child anymore, but I am not a full grownup at the same time. I am expected by the world to be changed, to make progress, and to move forward, but I am still forgiven when mistakes are made. I would like to call this period of my life as the “intermediate era.” During this era of rapid alternations and transformations, various explorations are possible and allowed. However, once I graduate from my little-fairy-tale-happy-lala-land and enter the real world, I will then have to face a new strong flavor: the bitterness of life.
Life, so far, was sweet, I would say. I lived in the safe zone and stayed under the roof created by my parents. Instructions given by parents, preachers, and teachers have guided me through certain paths so far; yet now I encounter a large wilderness presented in front of me. There is no map, no road, no tour guide, but me. I have the invisible pen and the transparent paper in my hands to draw a new map. I have my feet to leave footprints that create a rough, new road. Finally, I get to prepare myself as the new tour guide of the future.
Life will become bitter, people say. You will face hardships, people warn. Yes, I am scared and worried about my ambiguous future. Nothing has been solidified, and no vision has been constructed. I am afraid to face changes. However, worrying about it brings nothing practical. No matter what I want, I will become an adult and graduate say goodbye to the safe zone. Life was sweet so far. But I have tasted nothing but the sweetness. Let’s suppose that life that I will have to have as a grownup tastes bitter. Well, at least, it’s a new, different type of flavor. Am I ready? Not really. Am I excited? Absolutely!
May 5th, 2008 at 12:54 am
Ah like all things in life, we will need to take the good with the bad and as long as we have family and friends with support, the road of life won’t be such a bumpy ride!
Thanks again for visiting my blog! :). May I ask out of curiosity how did you find it? Oh and btw what is this kiswrites thing? Is it like a blogging provider company or something?
Kind regards..
May 6th, 2008 at 6:00 am
It doesn’t always seem like it at the time, but being sixteen is awesome. You don’t have to worry about the “real world” yet, so don’t! Enjoy your time to be in that inbetween place. I loved being 16 hehe.
May 8th, 2008 at 11:24 pm
Being sweet 16 is awesome. I’m 18, and I am still categorized under not adult; and not teenager. =) and I still love movies and TV shows.. I watch super a lot as you can see from my blog.. Thanks btw for leaving the comments. I think your blog is awesome as well.