Growing Up

Today I got to enjoy the company of some very energetic 2nd & 3rd graders at their annual sock hop. I've become an NHS favorite when it comes to this dance and I definitely have a good time. I like to be around all of the fun they have at their age. So pure, so innocent, so simple. My peers don't really have a chance to have fun like that anymore. Everything changes when you become a teenager. We all know that. Our innocence fades away with each year in our first tastes of freedom. When we're in the 2nd and 3rd grade, we find a job that looks like "fun" and immediately state the common phrase "I wanna be a ____ when I grow up!", never once thinking that it won't turn out that way. As a little kid, your vision of the future only goes so far. But as we grow, experience and learn, our eyes see a lot more to work with when thinking of the future.

So I wonder....when will we be finished growing up? Is there like a certificate or phone notification I'll get years from now saying something like "Congratulations! You've completed __ years of life and are now considered 'Grown'. Way to grow up Chambria!"? Hmmm....doubt it. Yeah, every age after 18 is looked at as an adult age but no one stops growing. Everyone grows in some way. Hopefully in the positive direction of up but growth still. Teachers will always teach and students will always learn. We all are both so growth within ourselves and others is unavoidable. Those are one of the few things that humans are guaranteed to do: teach and learn: whether with purpose or accidentally. It just always happens. In billions of ways, methods, forms, situations, experiences, etc. Growth is indeed inevitable. So when I grow up, I want to be a growing, living, loving, learning, and laughing Chambria.

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