Just Have Hope

I'm tired of spinning in circles. Going nowhere at all. These dreams, these passions, these ambitions. I can make them true. If I just choose. It's a new year. A new chance. Take advantage of that. This is me.  No one else. I'm seventeen.  And free.  I'm marching toward the light. Ready to start anew.  Let this be my destiny. I'm seventeen. And I'm free. Don't care what they say. Don't care what they think. They're lost. But I'm not. I know where I'm going. And I'll keep on going.  Don't be distracted. Don't lose your course. Some happiness will be fleeting. Won't settle for less. When I can have so much more. I'm seventeen.  And free.  I'm marching toward the light. Ready to start anew.  Let this be my destiny. I'm seventeen. And I'm free. I limit myself. Keep myself trapped. I'll let go of my past. I'll learn from my mistakes. This is my time.  I tell myself I can't. But I can. Stop being lazy.  R...

  "The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot." -Michael Altshuler  It's crazy to think how fast the semester has gone by. Time has a way of passing quickly because before you know it you look back and it's gone.  As of today, I am now 17 years old and it's causing me to look back. There is so much I have already learned but so much I still have to learn. Right now I feel like the most important thing I need to do is make the most of my time.  One of the world's greatest blessings but also one of its greatest curses is time. People either can't or can manage it. There is no in-between. And many of us have time to get away from us all too quickly. It seems that when we run out of time we wish for it and when we have time we waste it. So how can we make use of what time we do have? I think the answer lies simply in not overlooking the day. We all have bad days that we prefer to just not finish. But why waste that time when we are never...