![]() ![]() ![]() I am no longer worthy to be called your son.'Ģ2 "But the father said to his servants, 'Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. "But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.Ģ1 "The son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. 19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son make me like one of your hired men.' 20 So he got up and went to his father. 16 He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.ġ7 " When he came to his senses, he said, 'How many of my father's hired men have food to spare, and here I am starving to death! 18 I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. 15 So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs. 14 After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need. 12 The younger one said to his father, 'Father, give me my share of the estate.' So he divided his property between them.ġ3 "Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living. Jesus continued: "There was a man who had two sons. "A life lived without God is a wasted life."Ī good example of a wasted life is the story of the Parodical Son as told by Jesus. "Life without God is like an unsharpened pencil." I find that it reduces the anxiety I feel about ‘time running out’. Life is in the present moment.I have pondered the words of Billy Graham who wrote some time before he died and went to heaven that read like this: Taking the time to look around you and appreciate what you have and how far you’ve come despite any overwhelming circumstances and obstacles, such as the pandemic or a fall out with friends, can be a really rewarding thing. ![]() Cliché, I know, but comparison is the thief of joy, so try to focus on yourself and your own life without letting other people unintentionally decide how fun or exciting your life is. Plus, sometimes time is ‘wasted’ through circumstances that we can’t control and while that is hard to accept, we need to remember that it is not our fault. Yes, there may have been some missed opportunities, but we have our wholes lives ahead of us to enjoy more and to build upon new opportunities that present themselves in the future. I do not personally feel that I have had ‘the best years of my life’ as a teen, but I do think that all of the experiences that I have had as a teenager have helped shape me into the person that I am today and therefore, I don’t regret the time that I have ‘wasted’ doing simple things I enjoy. With growing comes growing pains and while they hurt at the time, we ultimately gain something from them. The truth is that not everyone finds the perfect friend group or relationship or hobby or whatever else it might be, during adolescence, but perhaps that is all part of growing up. Time with people and time with the world.’ĭespite this feeling, I think it’s important to remember that there is not a single perfect way for life to be experienced and I believe that every experience we have is just as important as the next in making up a life. Sometimes a single thought plagues my mind: ‘I’ve wasted so much time. It perches itself upon my shoulders, surveying my daily activities, trying to deem them as ‘worthy’ or ‘unworthy’. I have and still do experience this emotion from time to time. There is no way that every single person between the ages of 13 and 18 can live out their teenage years in the same way that the media says that we do, whether it’s because of money or location or friendships. And with this accompanies a feeling of guilt that we are living our lives in the wrong way. The problem is that this is not a practical option for the majority. Many of us feel forced into spending our teenage years exactly the way we see them portrayed by the media and movies or else we are simply wasting what some call ‘the best years of your lives!’. And judging by the countless comments on the Youtube video for the song that perfectly encompasses this feeling of fleeting teenage time, Lorde’s ‘Ribs’, I know I’m not alone in this feeling. Occasionally, it feels like we all have little ticking time bombs floating above our heads and they are whispering that we must make certain accomplishments by a certain point in time. Most of the past few years of my life have been relatively normal (despite the pandemic obviously!) but every so often, this vague sense of pressure accompanies me and it’s all to do with time. so why do we feel like we are constantly running out of it?
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