Now I Wish
To go back to college again and live my life as I please
Now I wish I had known How naive I’d been And what kind of people existed in this world Now I wish I’d been told How to navigate this kind of life And emerge a winner Now I wish I’d sooner reclaimed my life I’d gone back to college Had a life Now I wish I’d knocked harder at my dads door I’d yelled shouted screamed kicked and dragged myself before I was sent back here again Oh how I wish I were not forty eight But only eighteen and still in college I’d live my life so differently Enjoying it each and every day like a teenager should Instead I lived like a sage And now at forty eight I want to be eighteen all over again Can I ? I don’t feel grown up at all I don’t feel like I’m forty eight I don’t feel old Or worn out as I should either I want to go back to college I want to have fun there I want to live like a teenager Enjoying life without any concerns Oh how i wish I’d not lost it all like that How I wish somebody had stopped me in my tracks Why didn’t they Why didn’t nobody do it ? I want to live my life all over again Don’t look at me like that Do I look like I am forty eight to you? Tell me the truth, do I? I am going back to college I am going to live my life I don’t care who says what I’m going to enjoy my life I am preparing myself To do it all over again I am preparing myself To get back my youth Watch me ascend Watch me reclaim Watch me take my life back again And then when you grow old And tell your story to your grandchildren Add mine into it And tell them this It’s never too late To live your life It’s never too late To enjoy your wife It’s never too late To say you are sorry It’s never too late You alone get to write your story So take a pen pencil or marker Decide right now What are you going to do with your life How are you gonna live with your wife And live accordingly Don’t waste even a single moment Of your precious precious youth Enjoy every bit every moment every nook and corner Don’t believe what anybody says to you Only listen to your heart and soul and feelings Be young always There’s no growing old until you decide it’s enough So be warned just right The life that you have Is worth living all over again So live now how you will As long as you don’t hurt anyone You’ll be good Just close your eyes Live your dreams Enjoy your life Every moment of it It’s yours and yours alone So go for it Dream if do it love it live it However you wish In peace in joy in happiness Don’t worry about tomorrow Because tomorrow will take care of itself There’s enough for you to worry about today Just do today everyday And you will be fine Enjoy your life today Don’t worry too much about tomorrow Enjoy your life today Tomorrow will take care of itself Live your life today As if there were no tomorrow Would you do that please? Now don’t roll your eyes Just roll with your life Saturate yourself with all your blessings And stay in peace ✌🏽 In Jesus name I pray you will Amen!
It's never too late I'm 44 and I'm just starting to do some i wish stuff!! 🥰😍🤩 I love that you wrote this and that you are doing your i wish stuff now too!!! Age isn't a factor ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
There is a wisdom that you gain as you get older, a perspective on things that happen or could happen that I wish I had when I was younger.
Yes, I know I missed some things back then, but I had some amazing experiences too. And everything that happened, for good and bad, helps me be a better person now.
I remember at 28 thinking I wish I were grown up, and at 38 thinking I was both too old to start new things and wishing I’d grow up, at 48 thinking now I really am too old and wishing I’d grow up, at 58 I was appalled that I was that old and I wondered when I’d ever feel I’d grown up, now I’m nearing 69 and thinking I’d better be doing things I love doing as time passes too quickly and realizing you never feel that you’ve grown up though your body tells you that you must have.
At every stage, I felt both old (because I’d never been older than the age I was) and inexperienced or unsure as if I was young. I find it interesting to realize.
I think 28, 38, 48, 58, 68 isn’t old at all, unless we decide to make them so. I’m deciding to appreciate, value, and enjoy where I am right now, (even though I have physical problems that come with getting older). The real me isn’t done living.