When we are much younger, we wish people could tell us more about ourselves, the part whereby we are not so sure about;
But years later, we avoid people from reading our minds and actions, we pretend everything is fine, even though sometimes it is not.
Growing up sometimes meaning more secrets, more lies.
We build wall between us and others, regardless whether they are our loved ones or the hated ones.
We say 'yes' when we mean 'no'.
Smiling means happy, that is in the past, and most of the time now, it can sometimes means pain and hatred.
We tend to bury ourselves, bit by bit, insteads of open up and live our lives, so that no ones can ever harm us; ironically, others get hurt and in return, we withdraw from each other.
Growing up means the path to aloneness (less trust and more solitary)
This is the work of vanity. We pride ourselves with the achievements that we accomplish and when we are not quite there, then there wouldn't be much to talk about. We hide all our faults and unhappiness too cause it's not something we would want to portray to others or burden them with.
ReplyDeleteWe are creatures of solitude and the dark. It's a curse but then again it's also a blessing as these creatures are often highly intelligent. ^-^