Paramus High School - Delphian Yearbook (Paramus, NJ)

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We are still walking, yet we are not the same people we were when we began. Our eyes are open, our senses refined, our horizons broadened. We no longer view the walls around us as looming and intimidating ... they now restrain us, keeping us from the taunting rays of sunshine we see through the windows. It appears gradually, yet startlingly. It approaches steadily, and we look upon it with mixed sentiments; we want to walk on, and we have to walk on, but something inside us pulls us back. Perhaps it is the knowledge that carefree youth is just a memory of years left behind. Reflecting, we find ourselves thinking of the golden times, the black times, the dreams and aspirations we have structured into reality. It is an introspective time, as we wonder about the vast, boundless future. The friends we have made, our commonality in spirit takes on new importance as we near the end of this path ... With poise, with pride, with maturity, we progress, step by single step, toward the light and the fresh air, the opportunity just beyond the open door ...