Thread: Becoming adult
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Old 01-23-2008, 09:31 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Crompsin
I get the feeling we all lead double lives.
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.
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