LXXVI

Wasted Years 

Don't we all just spend our lives planning for tomorrow? Since birth, a child is destined to spend the majority of its childhood and young adulthood slaving away in school. We do so for a brighter future. Stuck in University classes I hate, I'm here because it's required for my intended career. I do all this, assuming that I will have a tomorrow and that I will live a life long enough to see the fruits of my labor. If I don't, however, then will all these years be wasted? Maybe I just need a break or some sort of exciting adventure...

LXXV

At the Time 

Almost midnight, a group of misfits wander into a local tattoo shop. Ready and waiting for my next tattoo, we start discussing the basic stick-and-poke tattoo on my foot. Defending myself, I exclaimed, "It seemed like a good idea at the time." Overhearing our conversation, one of the artists, pipes up, "One thing I've learned is, it's always a good idea at the time.

Pondering her words, I realized, at the time, our actions are what we need. Why let guilt or remorse plague us? All our decisions, even my stupid ones, usually stem from what I needed for the person I am at the moment, even when I stop by Starbucks too often with the sole purpose to see my ex-boyfriend. I can't beat myself up, for at the time, seeing him, among my many other mistakes, is what I needed.