Skin? Job? Finances? External Responsibilities? Height?
Do these categories discriminate child from adult?
Being a child means that you have little experience thinking for yourself and that your perspective of feelings and beliefs are what shape your experience.
Being an adult means that you think for yourself and your perspective is only a piece of understanding your experience of the world outside your own head.
For me, I am in between. I am currently a childish mind moving closer and closer to an independent and strongly competent adult mind.
The point is that this is how I discriminate between children and adults; it’s not about our skin (tight or wrinkled), job, external responsibilities, and body type. Our mind and emotions are the most significant possessions in our life. The more skilled we are at being aware of our thoughts and feelings and effectively using them to learn about ourselves, others, and the world, the more competent adults we become.
I grew up with Linkin Park and thought that there song “Crawling” off their Hybrid Theory album was fitting for this post. The song really portrays how an undeveloped mind can really take control of us and of so many different areas in our lives (specifically in the song, about a relationship).
Lyrics:
Crawling in my skin
These wounds, they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing what is real
There’s something inside me that pulls beneath the surface
Consuming, confusing
This lack of self-control I fear is never ending
Controlling, I can’t seem to find myself again
My walls are closing in
(Without a sense of confidence I’m convinced that there’s just too much pressure to take)
I’ve felt this way before…So insecure
Discomfort, endlessly has pulled itself upon me
Distracting, reacting
Against my will I stand beside my own reflection
It’s haunting how I can’t seem
To find myself again, my walls are closing in
(Without a sense of confidence I’m convinced that there’s just too much pressure to take)
I’ve felt this way before…So insecure
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