Everything is ever changing, nothing on this side of eternity truly stays the same. Just as it goes from winter to spring, we to go through different seasons within our life.
You were chosen to be.
Physical restraint cannot restrain that which is spiritual, but the spiritual can bound you physically and spiritually.
This question is dangerous to ask. It presents a very thin line between admiration and covetousness in which this question provokes both.
To my teenage self I would tell myself to take to heart these three things: