Friday, January 27, 2012

Maturity

I am very excited to say that I will have a nephew at the end of June this year.  I am so happy for my brother, sis-in-law, and niece.  Adding another one to the family.

As I've been thinking about them and my own life it is weird to think that I will also have kids sometime in the future (at least I hope I do... I think I hope so anyway haha).  I have been thinking about what it means to grow up and what becoming an adult looks like.  I am realizing as I get older and new children are born that time continues to move forward despite how I've sometime viewed life.  And what I mean is that time, the earth, life, etc. does not revolved around me (crazy, right?)    I know that sounds ridiculous but I have definitely looked at life like this before.  I have had this selfish/egotistical/ideal view that as my life progresses time moves right in step.  But that is not at all the case.

As I see my brother have children I see that a new generation is being born and growing up.  In a decade or so I will be the uncle (I am one already, but I mean the uncle that my niece and nephew will recognize as their uncle).  Those figures (my uncles) that I had as a child and as I grew up... I will be that guy.  Time is a weird thing.  And so is growing up (I just hope that growing up is accompanied by maturity as well).

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