Swing Away

We would all like to think that growing up makes us somehow smarter or wiser in a way that helps us to be able to make better decisions in our lives. How many times have you heard your parents say or even you say to your kids that adults have lived longer and know so much more? They say that with age comes wisdom and the ability to make better choices. Well, in all of my infinite wisdom, and I use that term very loosely, I have decided to challenge that way of thinking. As an adult, when faced with issues in our lives or decisions we have to make, I think we tend to ponder and wrestle with the pros/cons etc; Sometimes bypassing the right decision because of procrastination or indecisiveness. . . Younger adults (teens included) don't spend as much time thinking about things, they act. They make a decision and follow through with vigor. Adults make the decision and second guess themselves. I think about things that I could have/would have done had I been a little more decisive. My thoughts drift back to my younger adult days and the carefree way I interacted with others. I recall the times I would sit up for hours on end talking with a friend about life and our hopes and dreams for our lives. Not caring if it was 2 or 3 am, or the fact that we had a class in about 4 hours. Sitting on a swing and feeling the breeze against my face and being totally swept away by the feeling of love. Like the movements of that swing, the predictability of life swept us away. The adult mindset overtook us and seized our youth. The thoughts of those days remain. I would like to think that they bring us comfort when we need them the most. Times when nothing that we do seems to matter to anyone else around us. Other times when we would like to think that those days were the absolute greatest. The days we lived our lives withcarefree love and laughter, with hopes and dreams. When the touch of a friend communicated more than any word could ever say. Now those were the days! I guess our parents would call that "sowing our oats", but to be honest, I think that those were the days when we thought with the most clarity in our lives.