What it means to be a teenager

A teenager , How could we ever describe this noun?, a simple word full of life light tears stress happiness joy friendship love and anger, how could it contain all these different meanings? How could we experience them all at once ? What does it truly mean to be a teenager? could it be that we should party all night and sleep all day? Could it mean that we should study every hour of every day? In my opinion being a teenager means that we have to construct ourselves, build ourselves bottom up from every lesson we learn, we have to pick up every light and sparkle around us and convert it into a handful of joy and happiness as we live in a world full of fear and danger. We are the ones writing our own stories , we absorb the bad and extract the good because if we don’t then who will?, who will turn the frowns into a smile, who will push us to the top if we don’t give it our all? Every time a challenge is presented in front of us we are supposed to fight it and follow the right path but how will we become righteous if we don’t experience the bad in every situation. That is what being a teenager is, making mistakes, fixing them, being free, enjoying it all because at the moment we can savor life as it is from an outsider’s perspective, from someone with no extreme responsibilities, with no pressure of bringing food, supplies and money in order to survive. Being a teenager, living this life is a blessing, it is a precious time to look around and open our eyes in order to observe the beautiful world that we are in because growing up shouldn’t just be about following what we are supposed to follow, it is about choosing the path that we will eventually take and turning it into the best version that it can be, into our own special unique version.