Putting Away Childish Things

When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things.

I did a lot of growing up this year.

I used to think that growing us is an almost magical process. We'll just wake up one day, at the age of 21, and realised that overnight, we've become wise and mature and "grown-up".

Being the happy-go-lucky person that I was, that was the way I lived my life, just as it is, day by day, with no idea of what I'm doing and where I'm heading. My motto was "what will be, will be".

It was just recently I woke up, took a look around myself, and realised what a stupid motto that was. I realised that at the ripe old age of 28, I still had a lot of growing up to do. If I don't do it now, I'll soon find myself 50 years old, and with the maturity of a 20 year old!

Arghhhh!! What a ghastly thought!

You know how you always hear your people tell their kids things like "You're a big boy now! You shouldn't be crying just because you fell down." or "You're a big sister now, and you must take care of your little brother".

Of course I don't expect to have people tell me what I should be doing. But the principle of it works nonetheless. We must take stock of ourselves, and learn to put away the childish things in our lives.

So that was what I did. I sat down and thought hard, and wrote down all the childish things that I had to consciously put away. And boy was that list long!

Thank God the year's not yet over. I still have some time before the end of the year!