Read all about it! Old diaries tell all!

I found my old diary the other day and of course, had to read it to see how much had changed. Turns out, a lot has changed, especially me! Now the diary that i recently found was only about 2 years old, but it did make me think back to my first diary that i had in my preteen years. Ah, the years of cartoons, small crushes and a general sense of childlike naivety. What good times. The diary of my late teen years however was saturated with sarcastic banter, tear stained pages and a general sense of teenage whining. I mean, I'm not saying that i didn't have problems in my life then and I'm still dealing with some of them now. But I seemed so....helpless then. I made every problem seem like the world was caving in around me and "no one understands!!" When your a teenager do your emotions only have extreme settings? Example: something bad happens = MY LIFE IS OVER! You almost want to go back in time and smack that whiny little pimple popper that you used to be and show them tell them to suck it up. Asking my parents, they say that i was actually a pleasant teenager compared to most and I didn't give them any problems. Knowing that, I think I'd have to give the me of yesteryear a break. I mean...we all cry in the dark sometimes don't we? or when we know we're alone. So if I could go back in time and have a face to face chat with myself, I think the only words that could come out of my mouth would be : "Everything is going to get better, trust me I know. Dont waste your tears, cause you cant get them back." I guess I'll put the diary back on the shelf...to be picked up in another 10 years or so...but then again, who knows what I'll think about this post then.