Taking Things Too Seriously

As a teenager I know that we take some things way too seriously. There are days when I hear people stressing about the test that they’ve just written or about to write. Some people spend hours wondering if they said the right thing that day or if they will be able to achieve in the way they would like.

It’s that way of thinking that makes us become stressed and frustrated. This is why I try to remind myself that I probably won’t remember those embarrassing moments or slightly below average marks in ten years’ time. Or if we do then hopefully we’ll either laugh at the memory or use it to become a better version of ourselves.

Let me give you an example:

One day when I was two years old I was playing in the garden with my one cousin. His sister (my older cousin) was flying home from Cape Town that day and I was really excited. After waiting for so long the two of us eventually decided to take action. I grabbed my new wheelbarrow, my doll and backpack and my cousin took my teddy bear before walking through the house to find my grandmother. ‘Can you open the gate please? We’re going to fetch Kayley from the airport.’ I told her not understanding that the airport was just less than 30 kilometres away from her house.

Of course, she didn’t let me go and at the time I must have been angry with her but now I laugh when she retells it. You see, though our problems may seem very huge now we will overcome them and become even stronger than we were before.