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p.16 A LITERARY MAGAZINE Friday, April 27, 2018 ESSAYS Growing Up… Sort Of When I began high school, I faced the hardest challenge in my life… coming to terms with the fact that I would grow up. No, that I was growing up already! I would soon be sixteen, and since life goes by in a blink of an eye, I knew that I was well on my way to becoming an adult. The notion alone frightened and intimidated me. I did not want to accept the thought of one day being a grown up with my own responsibilities and my own hardships, such as paying bills… and ranging from picking up after my dog to picking up after myself. It was a tough pill to swallow for me. My friends were all so excited to finally be independent, to finally be free from their parents, but I did not want that. I yearned to go back to my childhood when life was easier and carefree. Perhaps a foolish notion, it was my former daydream, but, unfortunately, there is no rewind button on life. It just keeps going on and on, whether or not you are prepared for it. To me, growing up meant leaving everything behind to start a new life, and I was not ready for that. Personally, this problem kept stressing me out about the future, and the uncertainty of what it could bring. As a very anxious teenager, this stress made me unmotivated and depressed; I even talked to a psychologist about it every single session. Until one day, my English teacher assigned for us to read The Little Prince by Antoine Saint-Exupéry, a story about a pilot who crashed in the middle of a desert. He thought he was stranded, yet he suddenly meets a young prince, who says he came from a tiny asteroid far away from Earth. The young prince told the pilot of his journey, on which he learned many lessons about growing up, morals, feeling with the heart, and loving what is yours. This book turned my life around and changed my perspective on growing up for the better. It made me realize that I can grow older without having to forget my childhood. The new mindset The Little Prince provided me with helped me accept my fate and come to terms with growing up, knowing I could always keep my childhood memories in my heart: memories that will be with me until the day I die, since no one can take those away from me. I will never forget the times that I most enjoyed, called my childhood. With this in mind, I was ready to take on the rest of high school grasping new opportunities along the way. My grades improved, I became more social, more open-minded, and I joined many more clubs. It may sound immature to want to keep the soul of a child, but I disagree. I’m able to hold onto childlike hope, while simultaneously becoming a man. Keeping my childish soul while growing up allowed me to reinvent who I was; humans are supposed to change and find themselves. As I continued my coming-of-age story, I was able to accept who I am and who I want to become, and have learned to embrace my true and unique self thanks to The Little Prince. I am now the best person I have ever been. I am kind, hopeful, imaginative, creative, mature, curious, but most importantly, I am now determined to accomplish all my goals in life no matter how hard it may be… because if I can get over the greatest obstacle in my life, growing up, then I can overcome any obstacle life has to offer. I look at my future in college and beyond with enthusiastic eyes now by being eager to accomplish my newly found goals formed in high school and making room for growth and new experiences. All without ever forgetting that in my heart… I will always be a kid. - Diego Ramírez (12)
Friday, April 27, 2018 A LITERARY MAGAZINE p.17 ESSAYS The following open letter is implicitly addressed to the graduating Class of 2018, and serves as an essential reminder of the attitude one must adopt when confronted with an uncertain future. The members of Zeitgeist Literary Magazine are hopeful and excited about the promising, diverse opportunities the Seniors will soon encounter, and we wish them all happiness in their academic and personal endeavors. To Whom It May Concern: Lately, all I’ve been able to do is think. Thinking, thinking and even more thinking. The common theme between all of these thoughts is the future, I’m always wondering, “Where will I go next?”, “Will I be happy?”, “Is this the right choice?”. I can’t help but worry about the uncertainty the future brings. Now, I know that ceasing the neverending possibilities that pop in your head one after the other seems almost impossible but, it’s not. It’s normal to be doubtful, and it’s okay to be scared about what the future brings. Instead of letting that hold you back, I believe it would be much more productive to take in your frustrations, fears and doubts about your future and channel them into something productive. Work on what you love, work on what guarantees you your own little success. Think about it this way: if you step into a “great unknown” expecting everything to go wrong, it simply will. But, if you change your way of thinking into something more positive, you’ll lose that fear that’s creeping up behind you. The unknown doesn’t have to be scary unless you make it scary for yourself. So, those who feel unsure and scared to step into a new phase in their life, I encourage you to view it from a different perspective. This is your time, take advantage of it and seize your moment. You’ll be okay, and whatever happens I’m sure you’ll have people who love you and support you be right by your side or at least one phone call away. And for those who are leaving to study abroad, I want you to know that this is just a new period in your life, you’ll enjoy it with that splash of freedom that you’ve always wanted, and you’ll finally be surrounded by so many people with similar interests and passions. Everything will be okay, you will be okay. I wish all of you entering a new period in your life the best of luck. I believe in you. - Essay and art by Alexandra Díaz (12)
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