The burdens of adulthood

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StarMetro, Friday, 27 September 2013

Different Spins by Sheila Stanley

REVISIT THE CHILD IN YOU

forget the burdens of adulthood and have fun dreaming sometimes

 

The price of adulthood also covers the way we behave in our friendships.  In the playground, if we don’t like someone because they pulled our hair, we would just say, “I don’t want to be your friend anymore.”  Then we would stalk off and not speak to the person for one whole day.  The next day, we would be back in the playground playing with the very same person again.

Adulthood is different.  A metaphorical hair pulling will result in us getting peeved, but not necessarily voicing out our opinions.  Or even if we do it, it would be with a positive spin aimed at not rubbing the other person the wrong way.  Most of the time.  Sometimes we get so peeved that we tell off the person outright.  But as the general rule, Asian politeness dictates that we tread softly round these things.

Another price of adulthood is making choices which you never thought you would, and learning the ultimate truism of never saying never.

Ultimately, even with the price we pay for adulthood, there comes a definitive moments on one’s life when we have to be like the child we used to be.  And that includes having some fun, drawing playground boundaries and dreaming dreams we will never fulfil but dreaming them anyway just for the fun of it.

 

For every adult, dwells the child that was,

And in every child, there lies the adult that will be

-John Connolly, The Book Of Lost Things