This morning I went to a little coffee cart we have here at my university and purchased the essentials of the morning rush...muffin and coffee. Then I was subtly pierced by the "thank you ma'am" I received accompanied by my card. I thought, "well no big, she probably just said it out of habit..." To my surprise, however, the girl behind me goes through the same little process and receives a "thank you miss..."
Woah.
Now that sends up a red flag...I guess I looked more grown up today? Or maybe the cashier realized it was silly to be calling young female students "ma'ams"...Who knows.
What I came to realize though, with a bang, was that I am growing up...(Peter Pan where are youu!?) I looked at myself and became self-conscious with what I was wearing and the fact that I even had a little bit of makeup on. What happened? Everything has been moving so fast lately that I have not stopped and taken a look at where I am and how that is different from who I used to be. This moment made me realize that it's important to stop for a second and think whether or not you are in the track that you want to be in. I also realized that it's important to appreciate and learn from the fact that the place where you are at right now is incredibly unexpected from what you imagined a few years ago, BECAUSE this teaches you that no matter where you think you want to be, you might end up somewhere completely different and you might end up doing something incredibly more awesome...at least that is what happened to me. I need to learn to not worry so much about what the future will look like but instead worry to make sure that the things that I am doing in the present are the things that will carry me to a better future.
Wow, so disregarding your unappreciated comment coffee lady, I want to say thank you :]
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