I was browsing my " Little Prince " book out of boredom when I read the dedication part of Leon Werth. My mind traveled like an intergalactic space wagon going back 15 years ago. The dedication is all about the child we once were and it gave me a moment to recollect all my childhood memories, I treasure all these memories, after all what we are today is a product of who we were before.
Interesting how time flies, I don't even notice. I've been away for more than a year now. The time spent now and the spent 15 years ago are so much different from each other. When I was in elementary and high school time don't fly it walks. I thought during those days that time being slow is such a bad thing. I was in a rush to grow up and be an adult. I always thought that being an adult gives you the privilege of doing whatever you want and whenever you want it. Many years later I learned the hard way that everything I had in mind about adults was and is totally on the contrary. The pressures and complexity of life imprisons an individual to act according his environment and no longer from his convictions. This totally diverts your journey towards the path you really wanted to take when you were a child. You are no longer yourself but a conformed individual, just one of the many faces you see on the streets everyday.
As we grow older we find ourselves losing everything we once had and were. When were little children, we can be many things. If you draw a lot, you're an artist. If you sing a lot, you're a singer. If you reason a lot, you're a lawyer and so on and on and on. Little by little we lose all these great possibilities and succumb to the mediocrities and sub standards life has to offer. And we hear one of the saddest phrases ever uttered in the world coming straight from our mouth "that's how it is" .
But is it really how it is? Can life be this cruel or is it a matter of choice and decision?
The answer to that my friend, I leave to you.
Interesting how time flies, I don't even notice. I've been away for more than a year now. The time spent now and the spent 15 years ago are so much different from each other. When I was in elementary and high school time don't fly it walks. I thought during those days that time being slow is such a bad thing. I was in a rush to grow up and be an adult. I always thought that being an adult gives you the privilege of doing whatever you want and whenever you want it. Many years later I learned the hard way that everything I had in mind about adults was and is totally on the contrary. The pressures and complexity of life imprisons an individual to act according his environment and no longer from his convictions. This totally diverts your journey towards the path you really wanted to take when you were a child. You are no longer yourself but a conformed individual, just one of the many faces you see on the streets everyday.
As we grow older we find ourselves losing everything we once had and were. When were little children, we can be many things. If you draw a lot, you're an artist. If you sing a lot, you're a singer. If you reason a lot, you're a lawyer and so on and on and on. Little by little we lose all these great possibilities and succumb to the mediocrities and sub standards life has to offer. And we hear one of the saddest phrases ever uttered in the world coming straight from our mouth "that's how it is" .
But is it really how it is? Can life be this cruel or is it a matter of choice and decision?
The answer to that my friend, I leave to you.
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