A nostalgic note

Am particularly nostalgic as I type this post, a very old friend from my childhood found me on facebook today and the long forgotton memories of what it was like to cycle around, 'out to play', without a care in the world all came flooding back as if it were only yesterday.

I feel I've become so swept up in the amazingness of being able to control my own life and finally be deemed a responsible adult, mistakes made and learned from, decisions made and found to be the right ones, finally fulfilling all those big dreams I had as a kid, I forgotton how awesome it truly was to just be a kid.
The realisation that this period in my life is over, never again will I be able to blame it on being just a kid, sure I'm still young, but those childhood days, they are now nothing but a string of memories to be forever cherished as they made me who I am today.
Having said that, in contradiction I can't believe that the little kid I was all those years ago has grown into the me I now present to the world daily, a lot of those big questions answered and ideas developed beyond all concepts I ever had as a youngun. Such a strange feeling washes over me when I think of it.

I feel as we get older life becomes more complicated, we come with more baggage, every type of relationship becomes more messy, decisions need more thought and have more impact, in hindsight the dramas of childhood and adolescence, as important a learning curve as they were, are small fry in comparison to the adult responsibilities we have for ourselves and our own happiness and well-being.
It was a simple time, a time that will always have a prominent place in my heart.

I am truly grateful for my friends at this time, and hope they know how important they were in the life map I call my world.

xx