Adult's Walk - I Will Miss You

By Marcel Gamble

It’s evident that we all have moments when we bear in mind good times and mourn over bad times.
No matter what our memories may be many of us want to hold on to them and savor them like a tropical drink that we never want to forget. In our minds we want to play memories over and over again so they lock in our brains like unforgettable songs with incredible beats.
In order to progress in life, people have to use the past as a reference point as well as let it go.
There is no doubt about it, I will deeply miss you.
You have given me hope for the future, as well as provide one for me. You have guided me to my best friend, “God” when I needed him the most.
I will miss you.
You have given others hope; wisdom, and courage during their most troubling times. Before your arrival to save me, I was a dumbfound little boy and now I am a Christian, educated, young African American male.
For the most crucial years of my life you have encouraged me to fight against statistics instead of becoming a part of statistics.
I will miss you because literally you have saved me.
Intellectual Dr. Cornell West; once said, “Sometimes you have to die before you are able to successfully live.”
People have to let things go, so in order for me and others to progress in life I’m sad to say that I have to let you go.
If it wasn’t for you I wouldn’t have been able to look out of my window in my neighborhood and discover that the streets were definitely somewhere that I didn’t want to be.
If it wasn’t for you I wouldn’t have been able to realize that the kicks I rock on my feet are able to serve for good purposes while looking fresh.
To be honest if it wasn’t for you I wouldn’t be able to discuss with others about the significance of a half full glass and the importance of a full one.
My friend I will miss you.
I will miss you, but I have to let you go.
For years you have paved the way for me to excel in life, so that I can help others succeed in life. Now that I am getting older my friend I must move on.
I will still reach out to everyone just as I did as a teen but as of today, April 8th, 2009 I am an adult.
Teens voice their opinions pertaining to issues that they are passionate about, but adults walk. Since I am no longer a teen my friend I have to do more than talk I have to walk.
Teens talk but adults walk and that’s exactly what I am going to do.
I owe everything to you, “Teens talk,” you have been there when I have needed you the most.
This is killing me, but parts of me must die in order for me to move on.
You have found people in dark alleys, gave them light, and led them down righteous paths when they have needed you the most.
My friend I will miss you.
Yes there are teens searching to talk, but as they speak there are also adults searching for ways to learn how to walk.
So my friend I will miss you but I must move on.
God is encouraging me to seek out the leaders of tomorrow as well as lift up the leaders of today. I will miss you but my friend, my mission to serve God and my peers has changed tremendously.
I now have the passion not to just talk but to also walk.
So to all of my faithful readers, this is not goodbye my friends this is hello to a new beginning.
So you all can say hello to “Adults Walk.”
“Teens Talk,” my friend, I will miss you.
I’m going to leave you all with this; “All great things must come to an end to allow greater things to have the opportunity to live.”