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we are unique, different, there is no other you in this world, the way you think, the way you speak, your opinions and thoughts differ from everybody else. that is why we are called individuals because we donāt have duplicates.
just this morning it came across my mind what growing up is, is it being mature? changing the way you dress or wear your clothes? not doing things like a teenager does? and i realized growing up has responsibilities but changing the way you are is not a part of it. i wanted to travel, i mean i travel, but at this age (27) i have plans to settle, get married, have kids, have a stable job but what about myself? what about doing the things i love to do? i love to go to the beach, eat street food, travel a lot, watch movies, getting up late, talk to people, walk the streets going nowhere, i still love to wear baggy pants, grow my hair long, wear a head gear, wear slippers and sandals, i donāt need to be understand by people, i just want them to accept me. - the point is i love being a kid, i love to play with life, i love to embrace life as a kid, no hassle, no problem.
is it being selfish? at this age iām supposed to be talking about plans, family, money, kids. so it being selfish because i still want to do the things that i want?
NO! because this is me, no one can change my identity, my self, my perception of the world, my thoughts. but what about my plan to settle or get married? i will get married, i will have kids, i will find a stable job BUT i still want to go to the beach, i still want to appreciate places and people, Ā i still want to go out and have a beer, i still want to travel.
many people walk dead after they get married, they donāt go out anymore, they just work, work, work. work and work their ass off without doing anything happy about their lives, they have changed their definition of the world life. not for me.
groing old is a pain in the ass, you have to dress like this talk like this, you donāt have to do this, you have to do that, - says who? people with no dreams and live a boring life pulls down people with ambitions, goals, dreams and plans by saying āyou are already at this age, you canāt do thatā - wrong.Ā
the difference of growing old and growing up is growing old is a matter of age and the latter is how you see the world and life based on your perception. just like what i read on a blog āgrowing old is mandatory, growing up is optional.ā - so i will still do what i want in life, if i have kids and family, save MORE and still travel, i will still have a dread locks when i reach 60, i will add a tattoo, even more tattoo, i will still go to places, experience culture, i will still play, read books, watch movie, stay up late, wear the things that i want to wear i still have to love life and remain as a kid. i will grow old but i think i wonāt grow up.
this is why i hate society, the people because i have to please everybody, meet their expectations, do what they want me to do, hear what they want to hear from me,Ā we wear the clothes they want us to wear (this is what hate most)you have to do this, take this course, you have to be this and that and all that nonsense stuff.Ā Ā and in the near futureĀ they will just blame you for your failures, not even recognizing you in the end, or even if you gain success they will completely forget you. so who for are we living for?. well excuse me, if i will live my life according to what fulfills you most iād rather go somewhere far from here and do whatever i want. if i want to travel, i will travel, i want to be a nurse iāll be a nurse, if i want to have aĀ tattooĀ i will get a tattoo. itās not i want to be a business man but society wants me to be a doctor, or a nurse. that is one of the most depressing fact in human life because it happens. that is why we pretend. this is why i hate society because i have to live through their rules, who says life has a rule? i will live a good life and society with their rules can live their own.Ā
as i grow up i will still embrace life, the happiness that it gives me, enjoy everything as a kid, being a husband, a father, an employee, a 27 year old getting married soon does not have to do with my appreciation and inspiration of life. i will remain as a kid. and you growing up and doing away with all the happiness in life instead of sucking it in, itās not my fucking problem.
āTwenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didnāt do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.ā ā Mark Twain
