In a person's live, there are certain events that made more wiser than we already are. For example, when we were young, we start out with a clean slate. There are things to learn, words to read, and shoes to walk. We never want anything more from life except sweets, TV, and time with our neighbor. We could get anything we want, one way or another. Mom would try to get us to eat our vegetables or take our vitamins, and we would come up with a win-win deal. Like we would get something if we do a certain thing.
Then comes the teenage year, where we think we are "it," and only the teens matter. We would do anything to look like our peers. Unfortunately, we take it to the extreme. Meaning we have to have it, no matter what. We work to get the clothes everyone is wearing, listen to the latest music, and change our looks to look like one another. It all seems to surreal. At that point, we think that is normal, but little we know it was nothing more than just a fad.
After a while, when we get to our mid-teen year, where everyone go in their own directions. Kids starting to do their own things, rather then what everyone is doing. But we start to find the people who have common interests, and pick up on the things they're doing. Then we divide into groups: emo, Goth, cheerleader, thespian, band, and so on. It all seems that we found our family outside our family. I couldn't help but wonder, can we really be ourselves, and if so, how can we stay that way?
Charles Darwin theorizes that we change accordingly to our surroundings. We must adapt in order to survive, evolution. He even wrote a book on it, and spent a great part of life devoted to find answers. Plus he thinks evolution is how we strive from a single-cell species to the dominant species today.
So I guess we can't stay ourselves because the world around us is and always changing, but we adapt to the new founding. Then I got to think, I know changes are inevitable, but do we need to change our personality, appearance, or even the way we associate with others, just because something around us we don't like? Like I said with the groups, it tells us who we are.
Then comes the teenage year, where we think we are "it," and only the teens matter. We would do anything to look like our peers. Unfortunately, we take it to the extreme. Meaning we have to have it, no matter what. We work to get the clothes everyone is wearing, listen to the latest music, and change our looks to look like one another. It all seems to surreal. At that point, we think that is normal, but little we know it was nothing more than just a fad.
After a while, when we get to our mid-teen year, where everyone go in their own directions. Kids starting to do their own things, rather then what everyone is doing. But we start to find the people who have common interests, and pick up on the things they're doing. Then we divide into groups: emo, Goth, cheerleader, thespian, band, and so on. It all seems that we found our family outside our family. I couldn't help but wonder, can we really be ourselves, and if so, how can we stay that way?
Charles Darwin theorizes that we change accordingly to our surroundings. We must adapt in order to survive, evolution. He even wrote a book on it, and spent a great part of life devoted to find answers. Plus he thinks evolution is how we strive from a single-cell species to the dominant species today.
So I guess we can't stay ourselves because the world around us is and always changing, but we adapt to the new founding. Then I got to think, I know changes are inevitable, but do we need to change our personality, appearance, or even the way we associate with others, just because something around us we don't like? Like I said with the groups, it tells us who we are.
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