Growing Up

 The phrase, “Growing Up,”  is about development and that can take effort, be painful.  When our evolution brought us to learn to stand and walk, it became much harder for women to give birth.  The canal got smaller and the brain got bigger.  The bigger brain allowed us to develop in many good ways.  But there was the price to pay in birthing.  So it is with all growing up which is why many of us prefer not to do it.  We would rather remain more infantile, selfish, dependent on drugs and alcohol for instance.  I try to remember to thank mom each day for giving me birth.  Then I try to live the best life I can, and that often takes pain and sacrifice.  Mom taught me well.