When we are children we are much more open, a part of growing up, it seems, is to become guarded and in some ways become asocial. Just now I was sitting by the window in my appartment and I saw that one of my neigbours is the same age as me. If we were kids we would most likely have waved, maybe even ask to play next time we saw each other. But as it is, we will most likely not even recognize or acknowledge each other. Why is that? Why do we have to lose that part of our personalities as we grow older? What good does it do us? I think we humans are lonely enough anyway. Perhaps I am being synicle but I believe that every human being is lonly, granted it is to a diffrent degree depending on how you live your life and the people within it. But still we are lonely and guarded. I don't remember ever feeling that way as a kid, I miss that.
i felt that way alot as a kid. so did you. then you cried and your mom came. at some point, she didn't come to your aid as often. you had to accept your loneliness more and more. doesn't mean we have to be cold to each other. you're right about that. start smiling and waving. who says you can't?
We definately don't have to be that way. I keep waiting to grow up but at this point I think if it has'nt happened already it never will. Just be your self and wave and go play Others may not know how to react, but inside they will be smiling because you shocked them out of their routine closed off~ness.
simple, because as we grow older, we tend to want to fit in with the crowd, be accepted, and you begin to get corrupted... and then you begin to have fears, you begin to think of every possible outcome... such as rejection.. and as a kid, you're so free, and the world hasn't corrupted you yet into thinking about all these fears. kids are fearless! they are loving! they are open and best of all, they are themselves. as we get older, we become less and less like ourselves because we want to please others. because we as humans, need acceptance... lol. so... go ahead.. be the kid you once were... WAVE!! smile!!! and enjoy.. lol.
so its not really "growing up" is it? kids are far superior as humans and can coexist better..then backstab and all later.. get my drift..:H
adaptation to the cruel games we're thrown into. the cool part is when you start making your own games; maybe even growing past playing games, etc. you're right. calling it "growing up" seems to create an image of a process with a single direction, only ending in conformity. i have to say that, though kids are much healthier in many aspects, they aren't fit to survive in a predatorial world on their own. the whole "growing up" thing seems to be good for survival (not getting our asses kicked by spiders), though very limited if we can't see beyond or outside of it. once we have that armor, we ought to learn how to take it off when we don't need it. i think.....
