age of innoncence
We all at some point of time or other stood at the threshold that demarcates between innocence and adulthood. Sooner or later, we all make that transition and sooner or later, we all realize that standing and waiting on that threshold was perhaps the most beautiful of all life’s experiences. Stepping into adulthood is perhaps the most important moment of our lives. More so because adulthood in a way symbolizes an end to our age of innocence. We lose something we all have grown up with. A lot of things simply cease to be what they are. Perhaps, this is the price we all have to pay for becoming what we all have wanted to be. I remember as a child all I wanted to do was to grow up and tall, with big moustaches and marry someone beautiful. At that time beautiful was someone who remotely resembled my mother. Looking back now it all seems so weird. How things simply change themselves, how they lose their meanings and how that meaning changes for us, is something we all find difficult to comprehend.
Strange and new sensations, which we have never experience before, starts to arise within us and they are always accompanied by a strange stirring which we experience whenever we are around the opposite sex. Most of the time we are so awash with these feelings, that controlling them doesn’t even seem to be an option. Strange things start happenings to our bodies and we can’t help but feel like a stranger trapped with his own body. It is the time when we start thinking in terms of love and relationships though the getting laid is the most underlining motivation of all. A lot of meanings are changed for us so beautiful becomes someone with great tits and hot is someone, wearing a bra. It is all about coming to terms with your sexuality and believe me, it is much easier said than done. In today’s world, where virginity and abstinence have become more of a vice then virtue, I think coming to terms with our sexuality can alleviate a lot of problems.
The transition in to adulthood, is something that frightens all of us. It is like standing in front of a door and being afraid of opening it because you don’t know what lies beyond it and then suddenly one day, the door simply vanishes and you find yourself standing in a strange new world. Once, you get past your tears you could actually see a big “Welcome to adulthood” sign hanging about somewhere. Most of us never look back, embracing adulthood as a natural progression but those of us do, are reminded of an age of innocence that we have left behind. It’s cool being an adult and real cool getting all those women you want but somewhere down the line all these milestones become redundant and at that moment all you want to do is to go back to where it all began. Believe me, there isn’t a thing that I won’t do to feel that innocence again, if only it was within my prerogative.
