Growing up but not growing old.

I'm currently finishing my 3rd year at College. Which means many things, one of the most evident being that this season of my life is quickly coming to an end. Like sand through the hourglass these are the days of my life. Which is ridiculously hard to swallow with all of this Big Girl stuff coming up. I have a big girl car now, an internship, can cook and live in an apartment-on campus but you know what I mean. Growing up is hard to do! With all of that in mind someone turned to me the other day and said "You need to put the childish things behind you and focus on your career"-insert snob tone.
   and exactly what I wanted to hear.

With all this change and transition I refuse to accept that the things I call my current reality and LOVE are childish! Childish is clearly a subjective term, that I'm not subjecting myself to. Not in the sense that I'm still playing with Polly Pockets, but holding onto some things that not everyone would. I think it's fun and a season of life that is to be fully embraced and enjoyed. Not tapered off at the best point in the effort to please others. It's memories that root themselves within your heart and remind you not to take yourself too seriously, because ultimately you're a speck of dust just like all the others on a molecule on a pencil. So I've been told.

But living with the knowledge that even as you grow up, you're not growing old. Old has a negative connotation, just like adult. I have no intention to be "old"  or an "adult". But to be myself! Considering when it's necessary to be professional but truly living with the joy of the Lord as my strength. The Up, of growing up being reaching new heights while not looking down on others as they continue their daily lives.

Bring it on future, I'm not ready for you just yet, but when I get there I'll be fully prepared. With the lessons these "childish" activities and roles have taught me and the spirit of adventure I was born with.