Clocks and New dreams

Childhood dreams as what Nelly Furtado titled as one of her songs, is about her thinking as a child. She states that she is sliding on the rainbows of her childhood dreams. We know that our childhood thinking and dreams change as we grow up. Usually we remember them, yet we do not have that same way of thinking or the same dreams as when we are teenagers. Teenage dream as what Katy Perry titled her song, I think has something to do about a relationship and it being all perfect and dandy. Being a teenager, I'm not sure what my dreams are. I guess looking back, it can be easier to figure out. However, I wont be a teenager for long. My last few days being one are coming quickly. A little more than a week and I will be 20, and I'm excited to see what will come in this new stage of life. It's not just about turning another number, but it's also about learning, growing and experiencing another year of life, as with all birthdays.

I wonder what song will be sung for this stage of life.  My childhood dreams have already passed and may be remembered, yet do not have a lot of significance. And as for my teenage dreams, they are soon to pass and fade with time, just like my childhood dreams. Time is moving forward all the time, but we have to know what to do with it and how to use it. What will come of turning a year older as well as growing out of the teenager years?

A year is a broad amount of time, and so much can happen in a years time. So I just focus on day
to day and appreciate each moment, well I try to at least. My question is, will there be young adult dreams? Will it be like those innocent and daydream like thinking as a child, or perhaps clouded and unrealistic dreams as a teenager? All I know is that I'm growing up and growing out of phases that have seemed to come and go with time. Yes, this word time again. Truth be told, it's all we have right now, time. But we do not know how much we have left of it.

It reminds me of two movies or books, which ever one you like better. But it reminds me of the book/movie To Kill a Mocking Bird. I remember Jem and his sister Scout found a clock and talking about it in my highschool English class, the clock symbolized Jem's time of growing up and phasing out of childhood. That is kind of how I feel a little, yet it's with teenage hood.
The other book/movie is Alice and Wonderland. What came to mind was the rabbit holding his clock, and so worried about the time and being late for an important date. He had not time for anything, and was so concerned that the clock kept on ticking.

With time comes new dreams and new adventures and experiences. I wonder what they will be.

Looking back and looking forward

It's hard to believe the year 2011 is almost over. I guess the year always seems to go by fast in retrospect, and slow while in the moment. I think it's important to be thankful for another year of life and all the joys, sorrows that you may have experienced. For you never fully grow without hardships and won't know what joy is without pain in your life. Every year I make my own set of predictions, and I'm looking forward to seeing what I wrote from a year ago, and see if any of them came true, as well as make some resolutions or goals in the new year. The only problem is is that these resolutions usually only last until the beginning of February.

Looking back on some of the events that happened this year include a big graduation party. That included 5 graduates, 4 of my siblings from college, an me from high school. That was a lot of fun, with all of our friends and families there to celebrate with us. It started the excitement of summer, and the break from school to vacation. And I remember thinking about the fall, and my first semester at college. the brand new beginnings, and change of the seasons, as well as environment and friends and classes.
In all honesty, it wasn't easy, it was actually pretty difficult. Just finding friends, and trying to develop yourself in a place where everyone's on their own schedule and doing their own thing( that's college!)

I'm very grateful for this year, and all the things that have happened, and what I have learned from. I'm looking forward to the celebration of the new year, and what 2012 will bring.