When I was younger, I thought kids just grew up when they turned 18 or 17, but as I grow closer to the number/s, I am realizing that at 18, we are still just kids. When the heck does that transition occur? -Up till now, I just assumed it kind of happened over night, I never considered that it could be a slow process.
As I read "The Things They Carried", I am realizing that my guy friends (Warren, Brian, Sam, Mark, Alec, etc) are just boys and how much I don't want them to go through that. It's insane that people assume 18 or 19 is old enough to those things. Maybe as get farther away from those young numbers (in age), we forget how mature and immature we are those ages. Also, I think our culture romanticizes highschool ages like 16, 18, in addition to college years (maybe 'cus growing up stinks so much).
I really like the random thoughts that come when I go for a good run.
About Me
- Kiwi
- I am the kind of person who washes and re-uses plastic baggies and tin foil, but will fall in love with and spend an exorbitant amount on a beautiful dress. And yes, I cry at Jif Peanut Butter ads every time.
1 comment:
Turning 18 or 21 or whatever does not magically make you something you're not already.
So as someone who is turning 50 this year, allow me to speak from experience and hindsight.
I would only venture to say that the importance of the period of life starting from mid-teenage is in quality of the decisions that one makes and the influences to which one is subject.
Of course, one rarely has any control over the latter (that is largely a matter of God's sovereignty).
However, the decisions one makes at the time have a defining effect on the person through much, if not all, of later life.
That's just my 2 cents.
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