The Contradictions of Who I Am and Want To Be

A teacher and a student
An adult and a child
Living my life for tomorrow, while taking advantage of today
Learning to forgive and forget without forgetting what can make me a better person
Getting older everyday while becoming more like a kid
Not changing my unreachable goals, but letting them change me
Looking to the sky without sacrificing the impact I can make here on earth
Smart enough to know I don’t know everything
Dreaming and wide awake
Impatient about becoming patient
Listening better and losing hearing in one ear
Caring less about what I look like and more about how I come across
Striving for perfection in my life while accepting much less from others
More open minded, and more set in what I believe
More ready to give advice, and even more willing to accept it
More flexible in life, still further from being able to touch my toes
More aware of how much everything costs, while more willing to share
Accepting failures as second opportunities
And Losing my life to gain it