Why do we not want to grow up?

This post is dedicated to all those who have kept the fun little kid inside them alive.

At times I think Peter Pan was lucky not having to grown up. I don't know about you, but I have been told the words 'grow up' for years now. There is something about growing up that is just not right. I mean what exactly is growing up, I'm sure there is more than a physical inclination here. I may need to grow up according to 'people', but I have seen others going throw the same annoying request to grow up as me. The difference between me and them for starters I know they have a job, some married and some even have kids and yet are not grown up? This is where the confusion starts, job, spouse/s is and kids to me seem like things grown up would do. Nope, 'people' are not happy with this much. To be a grown up you need to be sad, depressed, stressed out, have your hair turn white, have troubles at the office, arguments with your partner, comment ridiculously about everything on TV, judge people by what they appear to be than who they really are, fake being happy and most important of all not have any real FUN! 

If being a grown up means having the zest of life sucked out of me, I hand in my apology I am never growing up! I will do the things I have to do, live life the way it is supposed to be and enjoy myself.

If life is all about long term future plans, savings, retirement, pension and hip replacement then obviously who would want to grow up? Just remember you can still do that and do things you like, party all night or sleep till noon someday.

I would like to leave you with the words of a famous Indian movie personality Prem Chopra, (not framed exactly)... I have seen the world of grown-ups, it’s not that good, and it is these grown-ups who make me not want to grow up!

Why do we always want a little more?

You know those times when we get something and we keep hoping to get just a little bit more? A second helping of that scrumptious chocolate cake, a few more fries with your burger after dancing the night away or just one more sip of your smoothie on a hot summer day, (I love food, hence the food references). To win a little more at a casino or one more kiss goodnight, the list is endless. 

So why is it that we want a little more? I think that sometimes people are in search of something to complete their lives. It’s like when Tom Cruise in the movie Jerry Maguire says I love you. You complete me, to which Renée Zellweger replies Shut up ... just shut up. You had me at hello. It sounds all so romantic, but it is a movie after all. In real life deep down we don’t really want to be fully complete or finished with things, coz if everything is perfect and done what more is left in life!

From the time we are kids we always want more like more toys, on being teenagers we want to be thinner (negative celebrity influences), adult hood warrants a successful career and a marriage. Then maybe kids, bigger house, more cars, time with the family, kids grow older, then we need time away from them, as we grow old we want to be young again only to do thing all over again. Is there a point to all this? I am not sure but maybe there is, this is how humans are designed. Our lives go by and sometimes we have regrets on why we did not do things while we had the chance. 

So here is something to sleep on, if you want more get more (alcohol, drugs and bad things aside), don’t wait around. You are at a buffet and that line near the cocktail shrimps is not going to get shorter, does it mean you should skip on them? Or just be patient and wait in line, if you're smart enough you would get there early and enjoy before the crowd shows up.

I think wanting a little more is not wrong; it is just another form of hope. Hope is what makes the world live another day. Hoping for a better tomorrow or just hoping to nail that midterm. Don't think you are ever to old or young to get that little bit more, we only have one life that I know of! 

It’s time for me to sign off for now, my 40 day old niece isn’t letting me type anymore, maybe just wants a little more attention!