16

remember what it was like to be sixteen? It's the worst and best time of our teenage years.. well here;s a thought..

16

The world appears to be such a big and confusing place.
Life it seems is harder than it is easy.
And when you’re sixteen you begin to believe that the world really is at your fingertips.
You start to feel so very grown up.
It is about the time when the world in front of you seems its scariest.
It is the time when you really, truly begin that great quest, the long journey called life.
At 16 you feel like a real teenager, not just a little teen or a kid.
And you’re not to old either; you’re at the peak of your youth.
Everyday is good when you’re with your friends.
And those days that are bad seem even worse than they could possibly be.
The phrase ‘forever young’ rings true, and maybe at sixteen it does.
At 16 you sometimes hide from your childhood, not wanting to affiliate yourself with being a child.
 And you want to prove you have grown up.
You try to prove you’re as strong as everyone around you.
But when 16 comes to an end and you get on up in years,
you’ll find that big scary world is actually quite small and innocuous.
Its not as intimidating as you once believed.
You’ll find that life is only as hard as you let it be.
That the journey never ends, and it always presents new twists and turns.
And when not everyday feels like a good day,
you get to look back at when you were sixteen for reminders that everyday can be good--
if you find something good in it.
You get to look back and laugh at all the silly things you used to think and do.
You remind yourself, it wasn’t so bad to be sixteen.
So what’s the point in rushing?
Make memories while you’re only 16...

16 things you should always do:

1- Take the journey one day at a time.

2- Tell yourself you ARE BEAUTIFUL everyday. And BELIEVE it.

3- Don’t grow up so much that you forget what it’s like to be young and alive.

4- Learn to receive love. (or how to be loved)

5- Don’t change to be someone else but be yourself, always.

6- Believe in who you are, it’s how God wanted you to be.

7- Don’t think that you are ever to old to learn something; life has a lot to teach if you’re willing to learn.

8- It’s ok to be weak sometimes, because we all are.

9- If you fall, it’s ok not to get up right away. You can wait until you’re ready to stand.

10- Let your heart fall in love.

11- Don’t forget about the little things.

12- Smile at a stranger daily because you don’t know what they’re going through and it might make their day.

13- Don’t be afraid to reach out.

14- Lose yourself and your mind, go crazy in the middle of a store just to remind yourself we are all human.

15- Let yourself cry, because your tears build a well that’s meant for wishing.

16- Never forget who loves you.

*and one more for good measure 17- Keep dreaming.


This is dedicated to a very special lady who is about to turn sixteen. V.G.B.