Way back when I was in high school – which sometimes still seems like yesterday, but at others also seems like a million years ago – I remember often having that feeling that life just was about as good as it could get. By my senior year, I know I often felt like I was so cool, and life would just bend to my command. I had greats friends, I was getting good grades, I was playing varsity football, which felt like such a big deal back then – that’s me in the photo, the little guy on the line, #50 playing center… playing against my parent’s alma matter, Travis High School, in 1990 for a spot in the state playoffs
(of course we beat them handily, 28-8 as I recall… and the fact that I felt no small measure of satisfaction in beating my dad’s old team just seems silly now)
Anyway, looking back on that time now, it’s amazing how much your perspective on just about everything in life can change in 15 years. Back then, I had no idea just how much I didn’t know… or how small my view of the world was… and how narrow the scope of what I cared about was – which, let’s be honest, was pretty much limited to girls, football and our plans for the weekend.
As amazing as the change from then to now is for me, it makes me wonder how my thoughts, attitudes and philosophies on life will change in the next 15 years… or the next 30 for that matter. It hit me the other day as I was making a video for a friend of mine from high school who’s dad was turning 70, that short of an unexpected event of some kind, the likelihood is that I’m not even half way through my life. I’m still just a pup in the grand scheme, with so much left to learn and experience… I wonder how much more I will come to realize I still don’t know now when I look back in another 15…
food for thought, I guess…
