Growing Up

People can grow up too fast or as slow as they want. Either way i believe that it can be both a good and bad thing. Growing up means that you have to become more mature about most situations. While i choose to remain with the maturity level of a 12 year old i can be either childish or serious in given situations. Sometimes growing up can be a painful thing, as you see your childhood friends and acquaintances getting into things that will do them harm in the future. It can be painful as you drift apart from your older friends into your own life of challenges and triumphs. Growing up i believe has good qualities also. Older people may respect you more when acting civilized in certain places. You begin to make new friends as you grow older, depending on your life choices that can be a good or bad thing. I like to look at new friends as a good thing; ready to experience new relationships with new people.