Forever young.

  I did not write what you're about to read--but I came across it, while looking through old writings & found this that I had copied, some time ago. It really opened my eyes to what I seem to be realizing lately. Growing up & life is changing. No, it's not easy but, it's necessary for what is to come in our lives. Okay, I won't write a 'novel' this time, so enjoy & hopefully this'll hit you in the same way it did me. Or maybe in a different way.
Grace.


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As children we are told "forever" over & over again in fairy tales & other such stories that are bigger than our youthful minds. In those stories rainbows & love & happiness live on forever, hardly ever changing or growing or disappearing after the words "Happily ever after" are muttered & the story book is closed.

But as we grow up we learn the truth of forever. It is a reality, just one not as easily reached as we once thought. Rainbows fade, even with the sun & not solely darkness, love often lies to us & flees with time & even happiness cannot spread itself evenly over the span of anyone's life. The truth of forever is that it is never going to lighten up or bend itself for something that wasn't meant to last its length.

So then how do you know when you have something in your life that has the strength to last forever? How do you measure that bond? How do you believe in forever kind of things as you grow up & the world shows you how foolish your childhood stories really were?

For me, it's all become about feeling I suppose.

It's a very youthful thing, giving over to your feelings. A part of you has to stay young in order to surrender to them.

& it's all about passion. Passion is one of the strongest feelings we have.

"May you grow up to be righteous, may you grow up to be true. May you always know the truth & see the lights surrounding you. May you always be courageous, stand upright & be strong. May you stay forever young."

-Bob Dylan