Let's see how far we've come

Today I put peanut butter on a bagel. I expected it to remind me of rowing, because that is a staple regatta food. But we don't toast those, so it was slightly different. Instead however, I was reminded of a childhood snack my mom used to give me, where you have some peanut butter, some little pretzel sticks, and goldfish crackers, and you put peanut butter on the pretzel stick and "fish" for goldfish, then you eat it! It was totally unexpected, I don't know why this particular dose of peanut butter reminded me of that, but it was enjoyable. Then I thought of another thing we used to make occasionally: mini cookie-hamburgers. You use vanilla wafers as a bun, and half an oreo as a patty, and colored frosting for lettuce and/or cheese. And of course, shoestring potato chips as mini french fries on the side.

Thinking about childhood makes me think about how far I've come. I think I am getting better at relating to people. Maybe not relating, but at least understanding. Before I go through something myself, it's hard to imagine myself in that position. I remember early on when I was in karate sensei said, "if I knew then what I know now, I would have lived my life differently." But even when people tell you things, you might not really get it until you experience it yourself. No matter what advice someone gives you, you will live your life doing what you think is right, according to what you know, not what someone else says. Now that I'm almost a senior, I realize how much I didn't know as a freshmen. Now that I'm a mentor for a class, I can see better from a teacher's perspective. You can only extrapolate what you know so far. I can imagine senior year, but actally living it, I'm sure things will come along that I never expected. Just like the last Harry Potter book was nothing like I expected.

Well, it's nice out and there's a bit of daylight left, so I am going to go for a short run :)