Younglife

"Do you remember when we were just kids nad cardboard boxes took us miles from what we would miss? Schoolyard conversations taken to heart, and laughter took the place of everything we knew we were not." This is a lyric from the song Inevitable by Anberlin. It's one of my favorite songs for many reasons. For one thing, the song is musically complex, with many different elements that give it almost a romantic haunting feel. Second, the lyrics are beautiful. Those first two sentences especially stand out to me. I remember when I was a little kid. I didn't have a care in the world. Everyone was friends with everyone, and nobody cared what music you listened to or how cool your clothes were. We just had fun. And I distinctly remember playing in cardboard boxes. We were too innocent to realize the complexities of life, yet we understood things that most adults took years to finally figure out. What happened to those days? We grew up. People became jaded. Kids we were best friends with were now our enemies. It became all about image instead of who had the best lunch or got to swing on the swings first. Why can we be so blind sometimes? I try really hard not to be judgmental of people. I think that's the first thing we lose when we start to grow up. The power to see people for who they are, and not what they look like or who they hang out with. This becomes increasingly difficult in high school. Honestly, high school really sucks sometimes. People can be really cruel. We need to remember our younglife days (also the name of an Anberlin song). Nothing mattered then.