When I was your age

When I was your age

When I was your age, decisions didn't come any easier than it is for you now

In fact, it was probably as messy, difficult and annoying.

New year resolutions helped to a certain extent

but resolve was what I really needed, not more resolutions to be unmet again

Am I making sense? When I was your age, trying to verbalise myself wasn't easy either.

You either worry whether you're sounding like a weirdo with your principles

or whether people accept you for who you are

and if they don't, you don't care but yet do care when you wished for some understanding

When I was your age, the world didn't really hold much promise.

I had already accumulated enough heartache to stop believing, or having much high hopes

People were starting to be boring, a matter of convenience

all I wanted was an island so I could just be alone.

At your age, social media, social networking became a mask for me to hide

when I was unhappy, my status would either reflect that truth with lots of exaggeration

or mask the truth

tears were shed, but my status was always a " :) "

But when I was your age, it all changed as well

I found that life can be messy and difficult but there's a solution.

I discovered a resolve that I never had before

A kind of resolve that seems to be able to brave any kind of weather in my life

At your age, I learnt to communicate and find courage in voicing out

I found out that it's ok not to be ok

Acceptance was the new rule and rejection was never an option

A fresh breath of freedom!

When I was your age, I realised that denying hope to my heart made it sicker

If I stopped believing in another tomorrow, there would be no today to live in

People began to take on value, as I learnt that I am valuable

I didn't want to be alone anymore

When I was your age, I learnt that the Internet doesn't need to be

a place to hide and assume another alter ego, a fake personality

I made it a point to keepin' it real, by paying it forward

I'm writing to you now, because you're the age I was once upon a time :)

Because when I was your age, Jesus found me and saved me.

And life, well...

Has never really been the same anymore.