Many times, as a teenager, I wished that I could have a brand new start when hormones were raging and everything seemed dark and dreary. Nobody understood me and neither did I understand anyone.
There were even times when I wished I was in another country. I remember feeling so depressed after watching S.W.A.L.K. I used to lay awake at nights just hoping that I could meet Mark Lester and wanting so desperately to live in the U.K. Too much TV/movies made me believe that life elsewhere would be better. When I was more matured, I realised that life is good wherever you make it to be.
At the end of my teen life, I saw this particular quote and it had a profound effect on me. This gave me a fresh look about my life and that I could make a brand new ending. As it turned out, circumstances threw me chances to shape and re-shape my life along the way.
Many things were life-changing but the ones that stand out would be my parents getting a divorce, moving out from home, getting married, having children, being widowed, re-marrying, retiring and finally relocating. Each time it propelled me to something better and each beginning is an ending to something and each ending is also a beginning.
I think that we would do well to remind teenagers and also adults that there is always the possibility to stop at anytime and start again. This only needs to happen in our heads. It's what makes life interesting and ever-changing.
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