A Word To The Young- "Take Your Time!"

 

Often on Facebook or any social app, I would see this post: 

As I continue to grow and mature in life, I found out that my answer changed according to what I was going through at that time. 

The first time, I said that I would tell my younger self to save more. Spend your money more wisely and responsibly. Invest. 

It was because when I got older, I realized just how expensive it was to keep myself alive, healthy, and looking good. 

Side Note: I appreciate you, Mom, for holding it down.

The other time, I told myself to appreciate my weight. Yes, I would have weighed only 140 pounds and was relatively skinny to my peers, but the weight was healthy and it was good for me. 

The last couple of times that I saw the post, as you can see it reposts frequently, my advice was "Take Your Time".

Would this change when I am a bit older? I don't know, but I know for a fact that it has been a constant reminder for me as I age. 

Those of you who are reading this who are in your teens and twenties, take your time.

At that age, you're in a rush and you feel as though you need to prove something or get somewhere before it's too late, but trust me, Take Your Time. 

You may not gain the weight that everyone seems to be getting. The muscles that everyone else seems to get overnight. 

You may not get a fancy car or a good-paying job. 

You may not get married when you're 25, or have a family by 30. 

You may not get to travel the world or be where you dreamed you would be at a specific time. 

You may not mature fully into the man or woman of God has called you to be.

Just take your time!

I am not saying that these things may not happen for you, but it is not wise for you to rush into them. 

A rushed dream can cause an everlasting nightmare. 

So what if everyone seems to move at a faster pace, your vision and goal are much more articulate for it not to be handled with care. 

Take your time!

Most importantly, enjoy the time that you have. Create memories and fun and learning stories that you can look back on. 

You don't want to spend your teen years living an adult life and your twenties or even thirties pressuring yourself to be put all together.

As someone who is in their late twenties, I can tell you that you are not going to have it all together. 

Life is way too complicated for you to have everything going good for you right away. #HarshTruth

But, the best thing to do and what I would advise you is to enjoy your life as it is. 

We are not perfect beings, but we strive to be. 

We may not have it all, but God has blessed us with more than what someone else may have. Therefore, cherish the things in your life.

Cherish your family and the support system around you. 

Cherish your freedom, teens, of going out and hanging with friends. 

Cherish your liberations, those of you in your twenties and thirties. The fact that you don't have to answer to anyone but God. 

Yes, I am aware that not everyone is going to have sunshine and rainbows at their young ages. Some may encounter pregnancy, trauma, and so forth, but even then I encourage those who have to still cherish the moments. 

Cherish the moments of your child who may have come a bit earlier than you expected. 

To those who have dealt with hurt and trauma, to grasp onto the bright side of the fact that they have time to heal. Time to be delivered and restored. 

Don't rush your process, young ones.

You don't want to be in your 50s grasping for a memory of how you may have enjoyed your young age because you spent most of it working or rushing to the next big thing.

So, I ask, "What are you going to do?"

~TheRay