[1]10649860_10156193252040538_8711650329735030453_nBetter and
   better all of the time. I was never worse - just becoming more
   of whatever it is that I already am, if that makes any sense :)
   I believe adulthood is a myth, created by laying fears on top of
   fears on top of fears and what appears to be an adult, is just a
   traumatized child whose body grew up around him/her. Of course
   we learn new words and skills. Nothing we couldn't have learned
   as kids, given enough time. What's the real difference? Puberty?
   What else? Not much. Freedom is creativity. Those who curtail
   creativity in kids, to me, are committing a criminal act because
   they're shaping those kids into adults who will fear their
   capabilities, fear judgement of others and spend their lives
   attempting to avoid or fight rather than create freely. I could
   probably write non-stop on this. Maybe I will sometime . The
   sentence you posted is one of my favorites - I don't know when I
   first heard it, but it's a notion I've carried with me
   throughout adulthood so far and likely will carry with me to my
   grave. At 18, I vowed not to ever make someone younger than me
   feel bad for being their age and never make someone older than
   me feel bad for being their age. I'm 43. I'm still working on
   it. A huge reason for this, besides my hatred towards ageism, is
   this notion that "grown up people have to toughen up and take
   criticism no matter how bad it is because it makes you better".
   Well, of course there's some truth to that: creativity through
   oppression... the way a plant finds a little crack between the
   sidewalk and grows. But I'd rather see an open garden where
   anything can grow.

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