Life After 30 Years

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30 years is a long time, until you live it. Thirty years may be more than you have. Thirty years may be a small fraction of your life. Thirty years though, may be all you have. Most people, have more that thirty years. Most people have long lives. Some people though were never meant too. It sometimes seems that those people are remembered longer. I do not know what I want to be when I grow up. I have no clue who I will be, and where I will be in thirty years. I probably do not know anyone now who will still be there in 30 years. I am adopted by an elderly couple, so this includes my parents, and perhaps all of my family. I do not know If in thirty years, I will be different from who I am today, or entirely the same. But I know, that one of the few things I can give my possible future self, is memories. As said by someone probably more important than me, In thirty years, no one will care what shoes you had, What clothes you wore, Who you hung out with, what you collected, no one will care about the video games you played. No one wil remember, and neither will you. In my opinion, The moments you spend obsessing over those things, are moments when what you happened to be doing couldn’t have mattered less. Moments that will someday b dead to you. Thirty years is quite a while from now. But tomorrow isn’t. Tomorrow could be the most important day of your life. Tomorrow could be the worst. Tomorrow, you might change someone elses life forever. As far as you know, tomorrow you may die. And whether you are religious or not, I would think about this, If there really is a big judge in the sky, was life worth the trouble? If you say hello to someone everyday, for years and years, they will notice. It’s just not something everyone does, but it may be something to remember. For me, thirty years is an eternity. And I don’t want to look back in time 30 years from
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