This file has things about becoming an adult. Also see Growing Older, Growing Up, Graduation, That's Life, and Adult Birthdays.



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Quotes


How to be an adult:

have a bag of cords
have a gift bag full of gift bags
have a plastic bag full of plastic bags
have bags under your eyes


Real Life

(Fr. Alfred D'Souza)

For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin--real life.
But there was always some obstacle in the way.
Something to be got through first, some unfinished business,
time still to be served, a debt to be paid.
Then life would begin.
At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.


Coming of Age

(Anais Nin)

We do not grow absolutely, chronologically.
We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another; unevenly.
We grow partially. We are relative.
We are mature in one realm, childish in another.
The past, present, and future mingle and pull us backward, forward,
or fix us in the present.
We are made up of layers, cells, constellations.


Signs You've Grown Up


What Life is About

(author unknown)

Life isn't about keeping score.
It's not about how many friends you have
Or how accepted you are.
Not about if you have plans this weekend or if you're alone.

It isn't about who you're dating, who you used to date,
how many people you've dated,
or if you haven't dated anyone at all.

It isn't about who you have kissed,
It isn't about who your family is
or how much money they have
Or what kind of car you drive.
Or where you went to school.

It's not about how beautiful or ugly you are.
Or what clothes you wear, what shoes you have on,
Or what kind of music you listen to.

It's not about if your hair is blond, red, black, or brown,
Or if your skin is light or dark.
Not about what grades you get, how smart you are,
how smart everybody else thinks you are,
or how smart standardized tests say you are.

It's not about what clubs you're in
or how good you are at sports.

It's not about representing your whole being on a piece of paper
and seeing who will accept 'the written you'.

Life just isn't.

Life is about who you love and who you hurt.
It's about who you make happy or unhappy purposely.
It's about keeping or betraying trust.
It's about friendship, used as a sanctity or as a weapon.

It's about what you say and mean, maybe hurtful, maybe heartening.
It's about starting rumors and contributing to petty gossip.
It's about what judgments you pass and why.
And who your judgments are spread to.

It's about who you've ignored with full control and intention.
It's about jealousy, fear, ignorance, and revenge.
It's about carrying inner hate and love,
letting it grow and spreading it.

But most of all, it's about using your life
to touch or poison other people's hearts
in such a way that could have never occurred alone.

Only you choose the way those hearts are affected,
and those choices are what life's all about.

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Songs about Growing Up

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