Growing up is breaking free from people and circumstances that keep you from becoming all that you can be.
Growing up is treading the path from childhood to adulthood. It is a lifetime process of taking charge of your life and shaping your destiny free from those who try to live your life your life for you, free to follow your heart. In the song Breaking Free in the movie High School Musical, Troy and Gabriella belted out: “Runnin', climbin' to get to that place to be all that we can be. Now's the time, so we're breaking free.” What if you break free?
As children, we are extensively dependent. Our parents or guardians provide and attend to our needs. Children are nurtured in a simple and secure environment. Afraid to step into the uncertainties of adulthood, some people hold on to this for as long as they can. They may look like “grown-ups”, but they remain children in their ways. The tradeoff of the simple, secure, and carefree life of childhood and dependency is the power to make our own choices in life. If we are powerless in making life-changing decisions, we cannot truly shape our life.
As children, we are allowed to deal with only trivial problems. Our power to decide for ourselves are limited, and our choices are narrow. As we step into adulthood, we start to make difficult choices and take full responsibility for our actions. Growing up is not a walk in the park. Adulthood empowers us but, as Spiderman realized, “With great power comes great responsibility.” As we take charge of our life, we also accept the responsibility for our actions and their outcomes. Blaming others and making excuses are the ways of a child. Grown-ups take responsibility for events in their lives. They deal with them instead of copping out. Responsible people see challenges in their failures. They solve problems and manage circumstances beyond their control. Growing up involves a lot of effort and risk taking. The lazy and the fearful never grow-up. They sustain life by depending on other people and never become “all that they can be.” Growing-up is a gradual process involving a multitude of forward steps into the future. Robin Scherbatsky, in Season 6 Episode 24 of How I Met Your Mother, gave a worthy advice to Ted Mosby when she said: “The future is scary but you can't keep running back to your past just because it is familiar.” We must not allow weakness and fear to keep us from reaching our stars.
Growing up is treading the path from childhood to adulthood. It is a lifetime process of taking charge of your life and shaping your destiny free from those who try to live your life your life for you, free to follow your heart. In the song Breaking Free in the movie High School Musical, Troy and Gabriella belted out: “Runnin', climbin' to get to that place to be all that we can be. Now's the time, so we're breaking free.” What if you break free?
As children, we are extensively dependent. Our parents or guardians provide and attend to our needs. Children are nurtured in a simple and secure environment. Afraid to step into the uncertainties of adulthood, some people hold on to this for as long as they can. They may look like “grown-ups”, but they remain children in their ways. The tradeoff of the simple, secure, and carefree life of childhood and dependency is the power to make our own choices in life. If we are powerless in making life-changing decisions, we cannot truly shape our life.
As children, we are allowed to deal with only trivial problems. Our power to decide for ourselves are limited, and our choices are narrow. As we step into adulthood, we start to make difficult choices and take full responsibility for our actions. Growing up is not a walk in the park. Adulthood empowers us but, as Spiderman realized, “With great power comes great responsibility.” As we take charge of our life, we also accept the responsibility for our actions and their outcomes. Blaming others and making excuses are the ways of a child. Grown-ups take responsibility for events in their lives. They deal with them instead of copping out. Responsible people see challenges in their failures. They solve problems and manage circumstances beyond their control. Growing up involves a lot of effort and risk taking. The lazy and the fearful never grow-up. They sustain life by depending on other people and never become “all that they can be.” Growing-up is a gradual process involving a multitude of forward steps into the future. Robin Scherbatsky, in Season 6 Episode 24 of How I Met Your Mother, gave a worthy advice to Ted Mosby when she said: “The future is scary but you can't keep running back to your past just because it is familiar.” We must not allow weakness and fear to keep us from reaching our stars.
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