Sound Off [6]

'Every few years you'll look back and realize you never planned that far ahead back then.' -Anon.

It's true, we don't really know what is happening in a few years, or within a few moments. We may have the day planned without any room to spare and suddenly we have a flat tire and no way to move for a few hours.
As children we don't know what the future holds, except for the lollipop that lives in the drawer that we can't have.
As teenagers we want to be out of the house, and don't think of the problems that may ensue from living on our own turf. When we get there we realize how hard it is to hold down our own homes, with the mortgages, extra payments and the gas bills.
Before life used to be simple, boys were boys and didn't have cooties, then had cooties, then have cooties all over again. Love was just written on the Valentines Day cards, not just that stupid thing that makes our hearts break and bleed when we think of somebody, sort of but not always special.
Suddenly life may become complicated, but everything makes us stronger, no matter how we look at it. We wish that certain things may have gone a certain way but in the end it all works out, which we do appreciate.
Once in a while we find ourselves in the middle of huge decisions that we have to make, but we never do consider how much it would impact our lives in the long run. We never do think of that, that far ahead.
Some other advice that we hear of when considering who we want to date is what we should think of what the relationship may look like in a few years. Men sometimes want to meet the mothers of their new dates to see what their wives may look like in a few years. As women we may look at the annoying habits of our dates and think of how long we can stand the traits, a few days? A few years? Do it again and it's over?
In a few years I may look back and think, why did I do that? Who did I know that put me in the position that I'm in now? Looking back now I can see who I knew and who I'm still friends with and I know these relationships is what put me in the place I am now currently in.

We never do plan far enough ahead. Sometimes we just have to pack a little extra and hope that everything will end on a happy note.