Splashing In Puddles of Sand

Growing Pains

Growing up is one of those things that you dont really notice, all of a sudden it just hits you. You go along your every day life and all of a sudden you realize just how much everything has changed around you.

Friends get married. Others get sick. You meet people and you think that they are your world and then your world explodes and leaves a sick feeling in the pit of your stomach. And you want to give up.

Then you find strength that you never knew you had. Clarity and wisdom seem to flow through your veins at a pace that even surprises yourself. And things in your head start to make sense.

It's that point where you realize just how much you have absorbed from the world around you. Suddenly you see that you are supposed to be exactly where you are. That things happen exactly as they should. Whether its what you want to happen or not. You can deal with everything the world throws at you. You are stronger than you ever thought you could be.

And you smile through the pain, wipe the streaming tears away, and act tough. Sometimes you feel tough, sometimes you pretend. But you know that even when you fake it, you still are. Deep down. You grin and bear it. You dont let anyone know that they can penetrate you enough to hurt you.

That's what growing up is all about. Trying to be more than you are. And then realizing that you always have been.

posted by Oreo @ 5:30 AM