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Originally Posted by Crompsin
I get the feeling we all lead double lives.
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We all live with some sort of mask, hiding the things we can't let people know. Some people have many masks to take on many different roles. I was something similar, not to that extent of the original poster, but I felt like I had no inner self.
When are we adult though? I really don't know. I always felt like an adult because I would think things differently than my peers. And now being "grown up" I still have that childish wonder of the world.
I guess when we are willing to live with the unforeseen consequences of our actions. Or when we accept we can live a life alone and still be happy with just ourself. Maybe when one realizes, really understands, that one is going to die- maybe not today, not tomorrow, but sometime.
One day, I threw away my masks, and kept on living. Legally I am an adult. Am I really though? ... I bet it was the first step towards it, at least.