The line drawn

    There’s this line dividing us. This line drawn across the earth defines the boundaries as it trails. It’s hard to say why the line was drawn up in the first place. I find myself questioning the fact that we allow this line to divide us. We were always told when we were little to accept each other’s differences and yet we seem to do the opposite. If this line is erasable then why don’t we erase it? We greed over our possessions and push others away. We make fun of the nerdy kid in math class for getting the answer correct. We snitch on our co-workers to get them fired. This line is starting to get annoying. 

    The process of growing is strange. When we were kids we have numerous dreams and things we desire to get accomplish. When I play around with my little cousin I've found that to be true. Even though I got him trap in corners he tries and tries to break my guard and to get through. Wether he knows it or not, it was hopeless but I've never heard him say, "I quit". Too often do I hear people around me complain about the issues they have. I believe every problem has an answer and If you work hard to solve that problem than the answer will be apparent. However, sometimes it's not the issues we have but the dreams we lost. I've spoken to many of my friends who has graduated already and nearly all of them say that they have no goals. They are merely doing what there parents want them to do. I find that depressing. Dreams are what makes us humans different from other animals. It's the foundation for all the things we see today. Ever gone to McDonalds? Ok, then you must know that it was the product of someone's dream. ( Now, whether McDonald is helping society or harming it is another story)Those dreams die when we reach our teen years. We focus more on our public image and the popularity status we can gain. We ignore the people we could get along with and hang with the ones we think are cool. We fall under peer pressure easily; if we were kids we have a better chance. We ignore our family and become self-centered. We think that only we have problems and lazy ourselves. Once we reach adulthood, we tend to change ourselves even more. We find the need to change the way we talk and the way we act. We act nice to everyone we see as a way of reminding ourselves we've made it. We act more responsibly by going to work and owing properties. We try to fit into society by starting a family. Our attitudes of life has now completely morph. For the rest of our lives we will never look back to how we were. And if we do, we think of ourselves as a kid as unsuccessful. According to scientists, how we act when we are a kid is how we will act when we grow up. I don't think that's true. The only way to regain your true self is to remember and re-grow into the person you once were; before life hits.

    Was growing up really that bad? Why do we tend to lose our true self in the process of growing up. When we were kids, we can express ourselves without the hesitation. When we were kids, we accomplish so much that maybe our successful years are behind us. We've master the art of friendship, learning to walk, speaking, thinking, and most importantly to never give up. It's apparent that as we get older, we tend to give up easier.

    I think that if we can think back to when we were kids and adore ourselves, than we can regain some of that enthusiasm for life that we had when we were kids. It's true you get wiser as you grow but you also get lost in the details of life and lose parts of whom you once were. If we don't take time to review the choices we make in life and the personality we've develop constantly, than sooner or later we will define ourselves as unknown.