20 year reflections..

Had a chat with a friend today to go over some preliminary planning for my 20 year High School reunion next year. A bit later, I went through my "Suggest A Friend" link on Facebook, and I was clicking through some profiles when I realized: I really don't remember a whole lot from 20 years ago!

People's names raise some very vague memories. I can't place some people, while I remember others like it was yesterday. Not just close friends, either. Then my mind starts to wander and think "Was I really shitty to this person? I mean, we have 8 Facebook friends in common, why haven't I thought to add them? Or better yet, why haven't they thought to add ME?!"

Then I flip through my old yearbooks. Pictures of me, pictures of friends, pictures of events and happenings that I'm sure in some way shaped a small piece of who I am today. My thoughts then drift to the "lyrics" from the Baz Luhrmann spoken word "Everybody's Free". I remember thinking, when the song came out back about ten years ago how some of the lyrics rang true. Ten years later it's one of the wisest things I've ever heard.

I guess we've all gone through changes since those molten, molding years when we first set foot on our own out in this crazy world. Some good, some bad. Some so indifferent at the time that we didn't even realize the gravity.

I leave you with the wise words of Baz Luhrmann. Trust him on the sunscreen.

Till next time!

Everybodys free - Baz Luhrmann