Author: Zachariah

I live a very happy life. For a couple of reasons. My amazing family is one. I have been fortunate enough to grow up in a loving environment, where my parents love each other, and my brothers and sisters all love each other,  even if we siblings don’t show it that often. I have been raised to be respectful and gracious, which has done much good for me. I have also grown up knowing that I can go to my parents for anything. As a teenager, that is one of the last things you want to do. But I can do that, which is very good, to have this type of connection. I do what I am told… by the maximum, third time I am asked to do it. I am very forgetful.

My Closest Friends

The second, largest reason, is my amazing friends. My friends are the best someone can ask for. I’m sure a lot of people have said this, but mine, are actually the best. They make me laugh and smile everyday. I create amazing memories with them. They are a light in the dark. When I feel down, feel sad, they can always make me feel better. All of my friends are very unique. They all have little things that make them so special and dear to me. Make me never want to not be friends with them. Make me wish I always had them around.

Mi Amor

The third reason is because of one person in particular. The girl that makes me so unbelievably happy. She is just amazing, She makes me smile every time we talk. She is very funny, and understands my humor too. She is so selfless and caring. She is just all around incredible. And we are best friends. As a fourteen year old the feelings that I have towards her are beyond my age. Someone I look up to said,” Age is merely a number.” And I agree with him. And anyone who knows me would agree. I am not fourteen. I was born fourteen years ago, but I am not fourteen.

Life Without Regrets

The fourth and final reason I live a happy life. I have no regrets. This may be hard to believe but it is true. I may have regretted something right after I had done it, but I learn to accept what I have done, and move on. A lot of people dwell on the past, more than they should. Only think about the past enough to learn from it. Once you have learned from your mistake, you have no reason to go back and think about what you did. Again, and again, and again. I have learned to live and learn. I make a bad decision, and I don’t make it again. I live a happy, regret free life. And I am so thankful for the life I have.

I wouldn’t change a thing.

I was in class the other day, and my English teacher was talking about college. And a thought popped into my head. “Will I even remember this talk, and this advice, when I get there?” Then I thought of other things that happened that day. Like in my science class, at lunch, our teacher let us mess around. Previous to lunch, we had done a lab, where we took dented ping pong balls, and un-dented them using hot water. So she had a bunch of extra ping pong balls. And during the lunch we were just chucking the ping pong balls around the room. The point is, it was a ton of fun. And it was a great experience, though simple, it was great. And it brought me joy.

But in the future, will I even remember it?

Will I remember something that made me so happy? In the moment and as of right now, it has great significance, as a memory. And when I look back to when it happened, I can still smile. It scares me that one day I might not be able to remember something like this. But not just this, other things too. Other experiences, other memories that I hold dear to me. Will they have any significance later? Things that are happening right now. The big things will be remembered. Like going to J.O.’s. But what about the interactions that happened during. The things that made me smile while I was there.

Things in the moment. Where will those go? The chance that all these things might not be remembered scares me.

Will I even remember writing this?