As I walk down through the streets of Miami in my black and white tractor shoes, ripped jean shorts, and a flannel I could feel a sense of liberty that I exhale in every breath I take. For the first time in a long time I was walking in the street, alone, without fearing anything. I would cross the street without the fear of someone running over me. And once I reached a certain point in the road, I got into my 16 year old cousin's car and drove away. I can't believe that only some time ago we were children just waiting to grow up.
L i b e r t y
F r e e d o m
These are the things I seek for all the time. I want to be independent and be able to be the person who I want to be and do what I want to do. But then comes a moment when my parents let me fly out of the cage and be free. But after that, all of the desire to live my way abandons my soul. How can you want something so much, and once you get it let go? It's desire. The desire to be grown up. The desire to be independent and to be mature. The other day I was looking at my sister as she finished writing one of her college essays. I looked at her and asked her, "Danielle, don't you fear that school will end and so will the rest of your childhood with it?" She laughed and said: "This is only a new adventure I'm going on." The other week in Disney I saw my several visits there flash before my eyes. And then I remembered one thing.
When I was little, I would always watch Peter Pan. He was one of my favorite characters in Disney and Neverland was my dream home. Peter Pan always kept on repeating that he did not want to grow up. "Here's to never growing up!" he would always say. Silly Peter Pan I thought. Who doesn't want to grow up? Once your big you get to do what you want, make your own choices, be free, and all that is equal to happiness. Guess I was wrong huh?
How come when we're little all we want to do is grow up, and now that we're here, we want anything but that? Once again, desire. When I was younger my mom would make my decisions for me, but now that this doesn't happen anymore, I feel frustrated when she tells me the nine most powerful words: It's your choice, do what you think is right.
F r e e d o m
These are the things I seek for all the time. I want to be independent and be able to be the person who I want to be and do what I want to do. But then comes a moment when my parents let me fly out of the cage and be free. But after that, all of the desire to live my way abandons my soul. How can you want something so much, and once you get it let go? It's desire. The desire to be grown up. The desire to be independent and to be mature. The other day I was looking at my sister as she finished writing one of her college essays. I looked at her and asked her, "Danielle, don't you fear that school will end and so will the rest of your childhood with it?" She laughed and said: "This is only a new adventure I'm going on." The other week in Disney I saw my several visits there flash before my eyes. And then I remembered one thing.
When I was little, I would always watch Peter Pan. He was one of my favorite characters in Disney and Neverland was my dream home. Peter Pan always kept on repeating that he did not want to grow up. "Here's to never growing up!" he would always say. Silly Peter Pan I thought. Who doesn't want to grow up? Once your big you get to do what you want, make your own choices, be free, and all that is equal to happiness. Guess I was wrong huh?
How come when we're little all we want to do is grow up, and now that we're here, we want anything but that? Once again, desire. When I was younger my mom would make my decisions for me, but now that this doesn't happen anymore, I feel frustrated when she tells me the nine most powerful words: It's your choice, do what you think is right.