By Caroline Keller, Y12
One afternoon in October, I was skateboarding down a street. The trees overhead were letting their leaves fall. The houses on the side seemed peaceful and cosy. I could see happy families making dinner and working in the living rooms. It was nice to sometimes just go out like this and just look around, no electronics, no friends, just me and my skateboard. This was sometimes my way of coping with the stress in my life.
I then saw someone at the end of the road – it was my best friend that I hadn’t seen all weekend. She was waving with her skateboard in hand, and we skated to the beach. The waves were crashing serely, creating a peaceful atmosphere. The sun started to set. It was a warm evening, not too warm but just nice enough that we were in t-shirts and we weren’t cold. We sat down on a bench and watched the end of the sunset. It was nice just to sit there without any distractions and just being in the moment. Then, after a while, my best friend left, but I stayed in my spot. I liked sitting on that bench and looking out at the horizon, imagining how the rest of my life would be like; peaceful, no one telling me what to do, and just exploring for the rest of my life in new areas. Once I got home and had dinner with my family, I went up to my room and that’s when I woke up from my dream.
The funny thing about dreams is that once you have a societal norm of a life foundation, you can go get those dreams and they can become your everyday life. No matter how big, small or average they are, they’re someone’s dreams and they are always attainable.
