***Insight*** Precipice of Change

And here I sit, mere hours away from my 18th year. How the world is supposed to open up and change. How the world is supposed to supply me with opportunity but also heap upon me responsiblity.

Looking back onto my past 17 years of life, I am proud at my achievements, yet sad at those things I didn't do. I notice my mistakes and my flaws and what made me who I am today.

On one hand, I suppose I should be sorrowful and regretful about all my missed opportunites and my lacking behavior, but I feel as if i can let all of my past go now.

I'd like the official beginning of my adulthood to be a metamorphosis into who I want to be as a man.

It's my time. I can't worry about the past anymore, there is no point in doing so. The world keeps marching forward and so must I.

This time of my life will not be marked as innocence lost, but more as a rebirth. Hopefully, my resolve will match my dreams and ambitions.

Above all, I'm full of optimism and wonder. I feel as though now I can change the world I live in, and that my voice is now one to be heard.