A questionable truth about "Peter Pan Syndrome"

As we all know change is infinite and no matter how much we wish things were different than what they are now, there is not much we can do about it most of the time. For instance, we must all go to off into the strange abyss known as college and take that final journey into adulthood as we grow into mature, young adults.

Sometimes we may take that journey sooner than we have expected in which case I will be graduating from high school in a month and half and then in august I will start the next chapter of my life: college. So, I have been pondering why exactly I have been suffering from as ruth may call it the "Peter Pan Syndrome" and what makes it seems so significant or why it holds so much truth to me for quite some time.

For instance, when people asked me if I had started to get senioritis or what college I am going to, I would just say, "actually, I wouldn't mind if I could stay at my high school for another year and that I was suffering from "Peter Pan Syndrome." At that moment in time, I didn't think much of those questions and just thought well, I'm going to college, I just don't know where; leaving me with my disconcerning thoughts of uncertainty.

Now, I know that I said all of those things because high school provides students such as myself with a sense of security and belonging and that when seniors must take the final leap to prepare themselves for the future by completing college applications/scholarship applications, it gives them an abrupt awakening to the real world, that some magic little fairy isn't going to help them get accepted into their college of their choice. Instead, the individual must take on the task of doing it themselves with some guidance from their peers, teachers and parents, but ultimately in the end, it is up to them as to whether they're going to make the effort to prepare themselves for a better future or if they are just going to wait around until someone comes by and helps them off their feet.

I know that college stuff has been quite stressful for all seniors, speaking from personal experience. Yet, I want it if it is possible that one of the main causes of that stress could come from fear, particularly fear of change. For many years, change has helped shape and form my life as I have become older and still I continue to fear it because of the power that I allow it to yield over my existence. Which might very well explain why I have tended to have a pessimistic attitude towards things or why I've been so close-minded towards certain issues. Fear can eat a person alive, but if utilized in the correct manner, it can be utilized to a person's advantage and no, I don't mean by using the essence of fear, to cause harm to others.

Anyways, I know that change will continue to affect my life and that time never stops, but I also realize that I can remain pleased that is why we should be excited that change is what makes each day different and why it is key to remember to live in the present, that's it is okay to now and then to rejoice about the good ole days, but to remember that what's important now is the here and now and to celebrate today otherwise today become yesterday and tomorrow will just pass you on by. Yes, I admit I do have a fear: a fear of change but without that fear, I wouldn't be able to better understand who I am and where I am going so to speak.

The question of the day: Can a fear of change help us to better understand our future and who we are as individuals?