Monday, September 04, 2006
Growing Up
I have a question for everyone: Why is it that some of us look at growing up as a bad thing? Not growing up as in getting older because of course all of us have to do that with out choice but I mean the actual process of getting wiser, learning from our mistakes, accepting advice from others, admitting when you are wrong or have made a mistake, and just realizing that maybe you don't know everything. Here's what I think: I think that some people are so afraid of change that they would just rather stay stagnant instead of following God's path. Many people are afraid to change because they know that once they show signs of growth then they won't be able to relate to the people around them and the people around them just might notice the change and not see it as a positive thing. So what do you think; why is it so hard for some folks to grow up?
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I think growing up is a great thing,it's still something we all have to do, however it takes longer for some to get there,growing up usually means being more responsible and maturing, changing ,this is what they are really scared of.If they would be honest about it the not wanting to change is more scary to me.Staying in the same old place all the time, that only works for a while.Alot of people are afraid to change becuse they don't know what's on the other side''the unknown''.I think really why it's so hard for some people to grow is is they like staying in that child like state.they think it's safer being a child and never having to experience the so called grown up things
I think people are afraid to grow up is because growing up will make a person more responsible for their actions, conduct and behaviors. Excuses will be eliminated. The child like behaviors will no longer be tolerated nor accepted. I think if "we, the people" would stop enabling other people - that would produce a growing up mentatlity. I have been quilty of that myself. Still babying grown folks with childish ways of thinking. I must say I am learning each and every day, I can't babysit grown folk who don't want to grow up or afraid of change. It is time for their mentality to match up with "the real person" they truly are. Not taking the necessary steps to grow up will cause a person to become spiritually retarded. God desires for us to prosper, even as our soul (mind, will, intellect, emotions) prospers. To me not growing up is diffently a bad thing - truly stagnant. "excellent thought for today - thank you for the blog"
This is a simple answer. People who don't want to grow up, are that way because they haven't been forced to. During a problem all of us revert back to something we used to do and look for things that saved us before. A key to growing up is realizing things that we did in the past either didn't work, can't work now, excuses don't work like they did before,and people in our lives don't, shouldn't, or can't have the input that they had. By default most of us grew up, however those who do not have the experiences to grow from still get older but never grow up.
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