Nostalgic

Thay say time is of the essence and awaits no man. Which means we have to make every minute count and not let it go to waste.

Many times, I wish I could turn back time and go back to right the wrongs. Undo the hurt I caused mum with sharp-tongued comments. Not to lock all of dad's keys in his car and learned a painful lesson. Hurt my childhood friend and making him despise me forever by stealing his girlfriend.

Yes I wish I could do all those mentioned, but I wish so much to be able to go back in time to my childhood days. I look back at those days and realize they were the carefree times where nothing mattered. The main priority was to be a lad and have all the fun one could without a care or worry in the world.

I still conjure up memories of the yesteryears where I spent so much time at home, with the dogs, out bicycling with neighbourhood friends, getting into mischief ALL day without having to worry about school, grades, life, love, hurt and everything else.

However, during those years I was so desperate to grow up quickly. I wanted to be an adult and conduct adult business. There were times I wished and prayed for a speedy leap from adolescent to adulthood. Funny how as adults we want to go back to our childhood and vice versa.

I can only tell younger teens to enjoy their present moment of not having to shoulder responsibilities they are inevitable to face in future, to the fullest. For when they look back at their childhood, a rather unfortunate thing would be not experiencing the thrills and excitement one could muster for those blink-of-an-eye years.