"Grow Up!"
How many times have people told you this? Your parents, your friends, random people you don't know?
I was always afraid to grow up, something Peter Pan and I had in common. My parents would constantly tell me to get a job, I ignored them because if I did that, in my mind it would mean I was aging. I didn't do a lot of things because it was all a step towards adulthood.
But there's a difference between being Mature and a Snob. It seems so many young people want to be perceived as an adult. So they dress up in clothes they've seen people twice their age wear and talk with an undertone of knowledge, that they actually don't have.
How many times have you come across people who talk down to you, when in reality you're older? What makes them mature?
Having a job to pay for school is mature. Applying for universities your parents say are pointless, is mature. Helping people you don't know is mature. Having self respect is mature. Knowing you only have so much time, so you party every weekend is mature. Sticking up for yourself when the biggest ass hole you've ever met says something derogatory to you is mature.
Maturity is not how people perceive you. Acting like you're better than others and having adults call you "responsible" does not make you mature. It makes you an actor.
Everyone wants to reach for the future. Everyone's making plans for marriage and children. Why is that? Is it because it's what everyone else is doing? Most likely. I myself have heard a million times from family, "do you have a boyfriend yet?" My response is always no, and the look I always receive is..."are you a lesbian?" (NOT that there is ANYTHING wrong with homosexuals). Point is why does it matter? Maybe the question people should ask their children, nieces, nephews, and grandchildren, is "how are you doing?" and "are you happy?" because in the end that is all that matters.
So how does one become mature? Stop trying to do what you think you should, and start doing what you want! Stop trying to grow up and start searching for that second star, having fun, straight on till morning.
Bonne Chance
much love<3
I was always afraid to grow up, something Peter Pan and I had in common. My parents would constantly tell me to get a job, I ignored them because if I did that, in my mind it would mean I was aging. I didn't do a lot of things because it was all a step towards adulthood.
But there's a difference between being Mature and a Snob. It seems so many young people want to be perceived as an adult. So they dress up in clothes they've seen people twice their age wear and talk with an undertone of knowledge, that they actually don't have.
How many times have you come across people who talk down to you, when in reality you're older? What makes them mature?
Having a job to pay for school is mature. Applying for universities your parents say are pointless, is mature. Helping people you don't know is mature. Having self respect is mature. Knowing you only have so much time, so you party every weekend is mature. Sticking up for yourself when the biggest ass hole you've ever met says something derogatory to you is mature.
Maturity is not how people perceive you. Acting like you're better than others and having adults call you "responsible" does not make you mature. It makes you an actor.
Everyone wants to reach for the future. Everyone's making plans for marriage and children. Why is that? Is it because it's what everyone else is doing? Most likely. I myself have heard a million times from family, "do you have a boyfriend yet?" My response is always no, and the look I always receive is..."are you a lesbian?" (NOT that there is ANYTHING wrong with homosexuals). Point is why does it matter? Maybe the question people should ask their children, nieces, nephews, and grandchildren, is "how are you doing?" and "are you happy?" because in the end that is all that matters.
So how does one become mature? Stop trying to do what you think you should, and start doing what you want! Stop trying to grow up and start searching for that second star, having fun, straight on till morning.
Bonne Chance
much love<3
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