WHY DO WE GROW UP

                        WHY DO WE GROW UP ...??? 

          WHY DO WE GROW UP ??? 

                      We may dread it, avoid it, and delay it, but most of us eventually get

                                 around to it. Because it is so very human to resist growing up, I have 

                                 been wondering if there is some reason beyond necessity that we might 

                                 actually be motivated to do so.

                                Growing up is one of the facts of life. We all have to do it.
                                We tend to idealize being babies. We want to be taken care of, to be 
                                protected and adored and unconditionally loved. We tend to view work 
                                as a burden and responsibility as a necessary evil. We must fight the urge
                                within us to stay under the covers. We must work to overcome a basic                                                     predisposition toward avoiding the demands of reality. Like Peter Pan, 
                               we want to live in the Never land of an eternal childhood.

          WHY WOULD WE WANT TO GROW UP ???

                               We want to grow up because it involves achievements that make us

                               feel good about ourselves. And we can’t feel good about ourselves

                               in that way, unless we know that we have earned it. And earning it

                               means we worked for it. And working for it means that we are growing.

                               We are pushing ourselves beyond ourselves. We are learning something new,

                              doing something we have never done before, pushing ourselves further 

                              than we have ever gone before. Not only do we collapse with exhaustion

                              when we reach the finish line, but we do so with a smile on our faces,

                              a thrill in our hearts, and a “Woot! Woot!” from the crowd. 

                              Accomplishment is a psychological reward beyond measure.

                             But at a deeper level, the real meat of our stories is that each of the 
                             characters takes on the challenge to do something that they have never
                             been able to do before.
                             They are urged to push themselves beyond their limitations—to grieve 
                             a lost loved one, to fulfil a dream, to face a fear, or to invest more heartily
                             in life. One by one, they each take up the task of growing up.
                             Each accomplishment delights the soul. Each demonstrates another 
                             important truth—that children will be inspired to grow up when they see
                             adults enjoying the rewards of doing so themselves.

             I don’t think I’d have been in such a hurry to reach adulthood if I’d known the whole thing was going to be ad-libbed. — Bill Watterson

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