Here's to the Present Tense.

I have been in Spanish school for 8 days now. Things are going pretty well. I can talk in complete sentences, conjugate irregular verbs, and translate paragraphs. Except there is one problem: I can only do it in the present tense, the implications of which I am just now realizing.

Think about it: I will have no way to communicate where I have been in life or where I am planning on going. No way to tell my story, my history, or plan out my next move. I will truly be living in the present. Which, for me, is going to be a huge adjustment. If I am not reliving the past, I am constantly looking forward to the next step.

Although it is going to be a huge change, I cannot express how excited I am to only be able to speak about the present. Perhaps it will teach me that ever important life lesson of learning to live in this moment, relishing what this day has to offer, and living without past regrets or future expectations. If that's truly the case, then maybe we should all quit speaking in past and future tenses. Try it for a day, and let me know what you think.

Here's to the present tense.