Growing up

For the longest time I believed that growing old meant the same thing as growing up. I suppose I should define what I believe each means. Growing old is easy enough, as it refers to an increase in age. Growing up, however, means gaining wisdom, maturity, and all of that good stuff that we as kids attributed to any adult. I used to think that by growing older, we also grow up (as defined). Perhaps I believed only as a hope that I wouldn't have to do much to grow up into a cool adult. But nowadays, I'm starting to see that growing old and growing up have almost nothing in common. It all depends on our approach to life. Maturity and wisdom (and all of that good stuff that I can't think of right now) do not come with age alone. Just because we age, doesn't mean we gain wisdom or maturity. But looking at myself, I think that although I grew older, I haven't done much growing up. I don't think I'm any more mature than I was when I was in high school. In fact, I'm sure I haven't made any strides in that area of my life. Wisdom wise, at best I'm just slightly better than I was back then. If I had to describe myself, it wouldn't be with any variation of the word adult, but rather just an old kid. I even have that kid mentality that age brings about all that good stuff that I'm too lazy to type here (so I ended up using more words to describe the same thing... I'm quite stupid huh?). I guess that means that I have quite a lot of growing up to do, so that I can catch up with my age. After all, I want to be a cool adult, not an old kid! Clock's ticking. :)