There Goes The Future
September 11, 2008We all started out together, three years ago already. From the beginning on there was a certain group of people that I liked hanging out with. We started doing things outside of school activities. Things friends do together. Cinema, diner, dancing. You know the drill. Some of them got more acquainted to one another. For some it took me a while to gain their respect and trust.
We’re now three years up ahead in our lives. Paths have started to form. Relationships were ended, or started. And some were taken to a higher level. In a way, you can say that we’ve, or at least most of us, have changed into “real” adults. And there are some people in our group that regret this.
I, myself, have been accused of “changing” too. And not in a good way, according to the accusatives. I’ve become more distant, I don’t have my priorities, friends-wise, worked out and I tend to please too much. Well, so be it. If three years of university and Amsterdam have turned me into the person I am today, I don’t care. In fact, I am pretty darn fricking happy with the person I am nowadays. I know I have some (major) flaws, but hey, no one’s perfect.
But still, sometimes, I too long back to my first year in Amsterdam. Henk Admiraal, de Deugniet on a random wednesday evening, my mattress on the floor. Too bad not everything is lasting. To quote Sufjan Stevens, all things go.
