You Are Strong

Good morning and welcome to Sharing Saturday. All month, we’re focusing on teens and the trials they face as they move toward being adults. Today, it’s all about school violence and exactly what everyone can do to curtail school violence.
Being a teenager in the twenty-first century presents many tough challenges. Most high school students today never knew the terror of September 11, 2001. It’s merely a day when people talk about the terrorist attacks; for you, this isn’t real because you didn’t experience the strong emotions. Your focus is on getting through school and into college or finding a job.
There are times when you think you’re going to go crazy with everything that’s expected of you. You think you’re not strong enough to handle anything you don’t expect. When the unthinkable happens, you’re sure you’ll fall apart and get hurt or killed.
Stop thinking like that. You are strong. You’re growing up in a world where war has been going on for your whole lifetime. You have friends talking about enlisting in the military after graduation. They’re talking about whether or not they’ll be deployed overseas and what they can expect. All you’re thinking about is getting into the college of your choice and how hard it will be living far from your family. You’re not focused on a problem. You don’t really care about anyone except yourself.
You are a typical teenager.
One thing you need to remember when everything piles up on you or you’re facing a life and death situation. You are strong. You can survive. You will not panic and end up in trouble.
It’s okay to be scared or cry. Nobody will fault you for that. It’s okay to think you shouldn’t have to experience this but you are and you’re stuck. Don’t shove those thoughts away. But don’t think for one minute that you aren’t strong because you are.
It takes a lot of internal strength to survive the teenage years. Not just now but throughout history. This is a time when you’re a mass of emotions but everyone expects you to accept that you’re not a kid any longer and to be more mature. You sure don’t want to finish that term paper but you’ll do it, even if you have to miss that movie you’ve been wanting to see. The movie will be there on another day, when you have the time to sit through it; the term paper has a deadline you have to meet. Be strong and remember this won’t last forever.
Oh, yes, that’s right. You won’t be a teenager forever. Once you’re past that time of your life, you’ll have expectations that have to be met—your boss wants you to perform well on your job, your landlord wants their rent, the utility companies want payment, everyone will want something from you and you’ll have to give it to them or face consequences. That’s called adulting.
So for now, relish the freedom you have being a teen. Be strong and survive your teen years with nothing more than a few bad memories to remind you that you got past them.


About K.C. Sprayberry
Living a dream she’s had since she first discovered the magic of books. K.C. Sprayberry traveled the U.S. and Europe before finally settling in the mountains of Northwest Georgia. She’s been married to her soulmate for nearly a quarter of a century and they enjoy spoiling their grandchildren along with many other activities.
A multi-genre author, K.C. Sprayberry is always on the hunt for new stories. Inspiration strikes at the weirdest times and drives her to grab notebook and pen to jot down her ideas. Those close to her swear nothing or no one is safe if she’s smiling gently in a corner and watching those in the same room interact. Her observations have often given her ideas for her next story, set not only in the South but wherever the characters demand they settle.

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