I have my 20yr HS reunion coming up this month. I am going to this one. It just amazes me that it's been 20 yrs! I can still remember HS with such clarity. So many times we go thru life and never fully realize or appreciate just how good things were when we were children. We all grow up, move along with life, start families, get jobs and go to college. But for many of us, our mind always wanders back to the days of HS, the friends we knew and loved, and the dreams we once had. As i was looking through my year book I came across a section that was a basic questionaire that every senior took. It asked things like: where do we want to go after HS? Where do we see ourselves living in the future?
I had to laugh when reading some of the responses from my fellow seniors but the sad truth was that many were so much alike. More than 80% wanted out of Ohio. Can say I blame them. Ohio blows. Then I seen my answers to the questions. I wanted to win the lottery and retire to a beach in Hawaii. Heck I still want to win the lottery but I think i would rather go to some place like Costa Rica instead. I meantioned my eternal love for an old girlfriend. I've seen her once in the last 20 yrs. I wanted to go to college to study Oceanography. Went with computers and engineering instead.
I looked at many of the people i considered my friends back then too. Many of them i have not spoken to since graduation day. Some have totally disappeared off the face of the earth. Others are quite successsfull. While some are the dearly departed.
I think many of us never really realize just how short and precious life really is. We only have this one life to live. Better make the most of it!
