Grow up!
I have been thinking a lot recently about what it means to grow up. “Grow up!” they say, “Give up!” I hear. Give up, make yourself acceptable and perchance sell your soul to become accepted. Shoulder your new responsibilities as Atlas shouldered the weight of the world. But the responsibilities by which humans flourish, those responsibilities that burden us with the weight of the world are dead to us; replaced with the responsibility to do whatever is expected of you. Surely the weight of the world is the greater burden of the two, but I would be crushed, as were some of my peers, under the weight of living according to expectations. Why should we not live as innocent children? Always living as if it were dawn, rubbing the sleep from our eyes while basking in our dreams. Looking around you see people asleep at noon, determined put that sleep back into their eyes, seeking ignorance to replace the innocence they have lost. “Grow up!” they continue, “Go back to sleep!” repeats a hollow echo.
1 comment:
This is a great blog, Reuben. I like your insights, especially on 'the most dangerous idea in the world' and 'Food'--it's funny that people tend to think about food and its origins in such a consumerist way. It shows the nature of our society too well. I think the topic of this post is related--it's a very consumerist attitude, people locked in to a system of economy that forces them into this mindset of 'worldly responsibilities' and unfortunately leads to many people to forget their dreams.
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