The Good Ol’ Days
There’s a line from The Office when Andy says, ‘I wish there was a way to know you’re in the good old days before you’ve actually left them.’
That’s been resonating with me so much lately — especially with my Oscar starting grade 12. I always thought there was so much time, and suddenly, I’m wondering where it all went.
I came across this quote from Rumi that feels like an answer:
‘Try not to resist the changes that come your way.
Instead let life live through you.
And do not worry that your life is turning upside down.
How do you know that the side you are used to is better than the one to come?’
Maybe there’s something to that. Maybe holding on too tightly to the “good old days” keeps us from all the beautiful moments still waiting for us.
So my intention this year is simple — to not take a single day for granted. To be present for all of it: the sweet, the hard, the changing, the becoming.