Do You Realize??

Well it’s the end of the summer again – perfect time for the Flaming Lips “Do You Realize??” full lyrics here, song here:

And instead of saying all of your goodbyes,

Let them know you realize that life goes fast.

It's hard to make the good things last.

You realize the sun don't go down,

It's just an illusion caused by the world spinning round.

To all my friends, fam and former teachers (I’m looking at you Mr. Schick): at the end of the summer, which has flown by once again, I always tend to reflect and “realize” that life is moving extremely fast. And, as the song goes, it is truly hard to make the “good things” last. High school, four years of an incomparable combination of irresponsibility, time with friends, sports, and everything else that comes along is already gone. Pretty soon, the time in which everyone still lives in Peoria, at least for the summer, will also be gone – and with it will go life as we have known it for the last four or five years. So, while life is flying by, let’s live in the moment and enjoy the time we have. However, the sun doesn’t really go down; college is also a great time of life and age 19 certainly isn’t the time to live on Memory Ln. Best of wishes as we move forward and know that if you aren’t going to be in Chambana for the school year, I will miss you.

I love y’all,

John