Becoming Who We Are

Being grown up can seem much less appealing than the irresponsible acts of childhood or even the fumbling and seemingly foolish ways of adolescence, but to visit them -- or more so, to think these bygone ways are for us to live in -- is to overlook who we are becoming or who we are at this moment.  Childhood is not as carefree as it may seem from here and the invitation is not to a peaceful place; and adolescence is perhaps more distressing than it is foolish, more a place of turmoil than of peace, even for those whose place it is today.