Looking Forward

Motion City Soundtrack put it best with their song entitled, "The Future Freaks Me Out." I recently had a dream where a university counselor told me I had no future with the classes that I chose. She told me to do certain things, and I complied. I was never more afraid of the future then at that point. Even though it was merely a dream, it got me thinking. The future is coming whether we like it or not.

As children we filled in the blank to the age old question "What I want to be when I grow up." Every year it would change because we found something new and exciting that we wanted to do with our lives. We were carefree and didn't even bother to care for the future. We only thought of what to do during recess, or what we would do when we got home, or that cute girl in class. But now that we have gotten older, that future is here. What we do now, shapes and determines our future.

I'm about to enter college, and I've never been more scared in my life. Usually when I think about college, I just see it as another four years of school. Nothing would change because I would be going through the same routine that I have been going through my entire life. I was never afraid of moving away or leaving everything behind. It's happened to me so much that the idea of it never bothered me. After a while I enjoyed change. I looked forward to it. But now here I am, scared out of my mind about the changes that are going to take place: about the future.

When I think about the future, I think in ten year time frames. (I'm sure most people do.) Ten years seems like a long time. But if you think about it, where has the last ten years gone? It seems like just yesterday we were out and about, playing outside, having water gun fights, climbing trees, and doing other boisterous things. But those years have gone, and now we're looking at the next ten years of our lives. And now that age old question we answered as children has changed. Now we're filling in the blank to "Where do I want to be in ten years?"

Time flies. The future will become now. And the only thing we can do is hope for the best and do all that we can to be where we want to be. "The Future Freaks Me Out," but "I’m on fire and now I think I’m ready to bust a move. Check it out I’m rocking steady. Go!"