Every ending is a new beginning

After countless mornings of waking up before 6 am, numerous bus trips, scary amounts of money spent on books and all the clothing crises, it is finally over. All that we have left are a few practise exams and the finals and then it is time to spread our wings and start exploring this wondeful world we live in -- or the entrance exam books. However, one period of our lives has just ended. And just imagine how many new doors are opening because of it.

Everything will come to its end eventually. Sometimes an ending comes with nostalgia, sometimes with relief, sometimes you shed a tear or two. Or a bucket. No matter how terminal it sometimes feels, there comes the time when you start seeing how it is not the end of everything. If nothing ever ended, how could we turn a new page and see all the new, joyful episodes or our lives?

Finishing high school is a step towards adulthood, a gate that leads to a crossroads where we can choose our own path. But just as well can other occasions start new chapters, it doesn't have to be something that turns your life upside down like that. A birthday is always the end of an era, especially if you're around my age, since you get new rights and responsibilities with the age. You can spend a perfect week on a vacation and think how everything will be boring and dark after it, but soon you will realise that the sun still rises every morning and brings light to your life. 

We fear the end because the future can be unknown and scary with all the unresolved questions. Nevertheless, we shouldn't let it bring us down. We should be happy to have experienced whatever has ended and look ahead. I want to believe that the best is yet to come.