Response to my friends poem

I attended high school with the author of this poem. She was in a relationship for about 3 years with the guy in which the poem is inspired by and directed to. They claimed they were so in love with each other but to me it seemed as if it were extreme like. My father would always tell me that I'm young and shouldn't invest so much time and emotion into one girl. By saying this, he meant I should focus on my school work and not make a female my first priority. He would always say that at 17 or 18 years old, a person shouldn't be heart sick over the opposite sex because they are so young and have not yet matured emotionally to be able to handle a hurt or lose such as this one. Indeed my sympathy goes out to my friend and I wish her the best in all of her endeavors. I pray that her emotional pain doesn't stand as a stumbling block for her school work and other tasks at this point in her life. Being an 18 year old, I agree with my father's theory on feelings at a young age. There are some painful things throughout the course of life that are inevitable such as a death in the family which forces a young person to mature emotionally. Relationships can be avoided, so emotional pain that is received through this can also be avoided by abstaining from it; it is not necessary or unavoidable.

Many people believe that love has an age. A popular quote is, "You're too young for love." I disagree with the statement and do not believe that love has an age but I do believe that some people are not emotionally mature enough to handle a serious relationship. I'm only a freshman in college and have my entire life ahead of me so there’s no need for me to completely settle down right now. Doing this will involve me dealing with emotions of another and their life along with mine in addition to my school work. I'm having a hard enough time right now trying to stay on top of my school work as it is so I see a serious relationship right now as a hindrance to me. All in all, love is a beautiful thing when it's at the right time. One of my favorite passages in the Bible is Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 which is entitled "A Time for Everything" or "For Everything, there is a Season."