GROWING UP OR GOING UP.
The passing of time is not a guarantee for growing up, but it certainly guarantees your growing old. A child does not grow up just because he was born, a child grows up because he was born, nurtured and taken care of, and when he is a man, he takes up the challenge and responsibility of doing a better job in taking care of himself and ensuring proper growth.
Going up may seem a good phenomenon, you might get carried away by the sudden flight into height, and feel ontop of the world, but that path is a dangerous one. A kite can fly to unimaginable heights, it can go far into the sky above so many trees, and high rise structures, but it will eventually come back down, but those trees and structures remain up, because they grew up, and were built up. The trees take years to grow up to those heights, and those high rise structures also take time to get to those heights, but a kite will surpass them in minutes, which speaks to the reason it must come back down also in a matter of minutes.
Growing up comes through a clear and intentional process of building yourself through the different levels of growth, and maturity that is required and necessary for certain functions, responsibilities, and performance. If the ingredients necessary for growth are not complete, growth may become stunted, which will not be a true reflection of who you are, what, and who you should be.
Do not seek to go up, rather be intentional and deliberate about your growing up for that is the only guarantee to staying up. Whatever goes up must come down, according to the law of gravity; but whatever grows up, stays up, and any attempt to bring it down would take so much effort and time. You don't want to just grow old, and let time pass you by, you want to grow up and show the world what a blessing you are.
Kamikun John, Author 366 days of wisdom.
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