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Wow-is the year flying in or what?! Living life in fast mode is all very well in the short term, but when you have less than a year and a half of school left, one wants to shout, "Stop! Let me appreciate the here and now!" The "there and then" as it were, is often a frightening prospect. From my own experience, we teens are a selfish lot-time simply has to wait for us-and when we're not ready to move on, we're dragged kicking and screaming into the present. Life is confusing enough without that ominous "tick tock" reminding us to get on with it. We can't stop time-can we? Should we? I have made an interesting little development this month. Amidst exam dronings, an influx in parties, extra curricular activities and a pressing art project, time was of the essence. How do I prioritise? Friends or family? The cinema or girls night in? Finish that piece! of coursework, or do some research? Daunted by this flood of questions and a lack of time I thought I was reaching the end of my tether-so during one of our precious lunchtimes a group of us decided to toddle over to mass, which Fr Fitzsimmons holds daily during lent. This is really just a little insight into how much we can gain by giving up so little but at the same time, so much. Lunchtime is an opportunity for us all to gather in the senior rec and have a bit of craic, but recently everyone was going a bit stir-crazy now that spring had sprung. We seriously needed to recharge the batteries-to take time out and assess where we were going, and how we could maybe try to reduce the speed. The mass lasts about fifteen minutes, not a great commitment to ask, and we had time afterwards to get a bite to eat. Just being in the quiet chapel, sitting before God, hugely benefited us all. I feel more relaxed, I think with greater clarity and I realise that time is irrelevant really: life goes on. It's what effort you put into it that counts, not how long you spend procrastinating, deliberating, fidgeting. So just live. That way, everything will get done. Amy Mulvenna April 2006 |
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