Hindsight

Today I attended a performance of Hairspray at my alma mater.  The cast was spectacular!  But it also got me thinking.  I wish I would have had the guts that these kids had in high school.  They seemed to be having a ball and completely living up high school as they should have been.  I was never that kid in high school.  I kept to myself and got my work done.  So it's days like today that make you think "If only I could do it all again, I'd be different..."

But would they really?  It would be nice to change that part of myself but then again there are other things that I couldn't think of changing.  When I was in high school, I didn't have a license or a car.  How in the world would I deal with not having the freedom to go where I want?  I wouldn't have the money (not that I'm rolling in the dough) that I have now so clothing, books, accessories would have to be run past my bankers first.  Trips abroad couldn't be taken.  And my closest friends, wouldn't have been met yet.

I suppose hindsight is 20/20 afterall.  It would be nice to try to be the outgoing social butterfly again, but maybe, just maybe, I could still do that now...