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Adulthood Replaced Carefreeness with Unbearable Unhappiness
Life’s sober reality dissolved the carefree, childish spirit, creating sorrowful, angry, resentful adults who no longer ask, but why?
The summer breeze brushes against my tan skin, reminding me of carefreeness, of youth. It transports me to a time before worrying about jobs, money, bills, and stress consumed me, but we die or grow up, and I grew up.
No one would become an adult if someone warned children that adulthood would steal their lightheartedness, but here we are, working to survive and living to work. Life’s sober reality matured the carefree, childish spirit, ripening sorrowful, angry, resentful souls who no longer ask, but why?
Our parents no longer snap “because I said so” at us. Society does it for them because we live in an environment that screams it at us.
Why must I work a job that doesn’t fulfill me? Because I said so.
Why are there people sleeping on the street? Because I said so.
Why are people hungry? Because I said so.
When we grow out of “because I said so,” we hear “that’s the way it’s always been,” “it’s human nature,” or a mix of both phrases, and that shuts us up.
