Only Certain People Can Fly

"Why can't you fly now, mother?"
"Because I am grown up, dearest. When people grow up they forget the way."
"Why do they forget the way?"
"Because they are no longer gay and innocent and heartless. It is only the gay and innocent and heartless who can fly."
~ J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

Seriously, why can't we stay "gay and innocent and heartless" and why don't some children get the chance to be? Well, life happens. You get screwed over or betrayed for the first time. You realize that your parents can't fix everything. You find out that people are capable of terrible, horrible things that you wish you had never heard about in the first place. Terrible news is everywhere and I'm glad that we are aware of it. I don't want us to be ignorant of the things happening around us. So yea, it's impossible to be innocent. However, how about the great things you learn as you get older? Like who your real friends are and that you have people that love you.

As adults with our "realistic" thoughts, I feel that we defeat ourselves before we even start. We are never too old or too young to completely change ourselves and our lives. If I wanted to I can change who I am at this very moment, it's my choice. You can start over. I don't care who is around you or who remembers the way you were. If they can't get used to the new person they see before them, well then I guess those people will have to become your past too. You can make things better for yourself. If you don't think you can, then talk to someone who can give you strength. It will be difficult if you feel like you need to change, but sometimes the best decision is difficult to accomplish.

One of the benefits of getting older is making mistakes, right? So why don't we take advantage of that and fix our mistakes and our faults. I don't mean for this to sound like a cheesy motivational speech or anything even though I'm sure it does sound that way but in general people change over time anyway. My personality is the polar opposite of what it was in Junior High and I thank my lucky stars for that. I wouldn't have any friends right now if I was still a brat like back then. Then again, I still have some brattiness in me, but all I can do right now is strive to be a better person.