1. Take advantage of the time you are
responsible for no one but yourself.
There are few times in our lives that we
have few obligations. For some of you, this time may have seemingly passed. And
for others, you may be experiencing it now. But even if this lesson applies to
the thirty minutes you have during naptime, read carefully.
Sometimes we take for granted the fact that
we don’t have to hold someone’s hand as they choose which tie looks best for
work, or whether that lipstick is too daring for daytime. (Ladies, it never
is.) For some of us, we don’t have to wake up because someone has the sniffles
or sees a monster beneath their bed.
These years we live with little obligations
and responsibilities are spent wishing that we had someone next to us or
complaining that a midterm is approaching. But we must learn to cherish the
only agenda we have in our lives right now—our own. Our time will come when we
must coordinate and calibrate his and hers or his and his or hers and hers
schedules. Our time will come when we can’t sip on wine and watch The Notebook on a Tuesday because we feel
like it. Our time will come when we can’t wake up at 6am on Homecoming Saturday
and decide not only is it appropriate to have beer with our eggs, it is
expected. Our time will come when our grandparents and parents aren’t the ones
there to hold our hands through this crazy maze we call life. Our time will
come when our worries turn from taking tests to praying for hope.
Hold on to the time you have when your only
responsibility is finding yourself and creating who you envision when you think
of you. Make an imprint where you see potential while there’s no one there to
ask you why.
it’s an outlet. it’s an
inspiration. it’s a gift. it’s a purpose
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