Thursday, April 02, 2009

Growing and Aging

Growing up is a scary matter. It scares the shit out of me when I realise I'm growing up and there ain't a way to stop it.

There are more expectations of you, there are more people around you, there are more things you want to achieve etc. when you grew older. The quality improves. The quantity increases. And that's just about everything we see, we touch and we want.

It's all about getting out from that comfort zone and throw back into reality. Get slapped by it and to a new comfort zone, then back to reality again. And the cycle continues.

A major portion of growing up revolves around change. We don't like it. We fear it. But we can't stop it from coming. We either adapt to change or we get left behind.

It hurts to grow. And anybody who tells you that it doesn't, is lying. But here's the underlying truth about it. Sometimes the more things change, the more they stay the same. And sometimes. Sometimes change is good. Sometimes change is everything.

At some point our lives, we have to make that one decision. There bound to be boundaries around the decision. And these boundaries don't keep other people out; they fence you in.

Life is messy, that's how we're made. So you can waste your life drawing lines or you can live your life crossing them. But there are some lines that are way too dangerous to cross.

Here's what I know. If you're willing to throw caution to the wind and take your chances, the view from the other side is spectacular. Even if it isn't, you know never to cross that line once more.

2 comments:

Yanni Lai said...

i like your last para :) so true.

factualism said...

haaa.. didn't realise i have you as my reader.

well, we have to take some calculated risk sometimes.