My man Douglas here says it's a breaking. We all break. And it's sad. And I understand. It's called growing up. Contrary to what other's think, it's not something that happens over time. People that think it does never really grow up, and maybe they never break, or it happens much later and they have no fucking idea what's happening so they call it a crisis, mid-life.
No, growing up is a moment. It either breaks you or it makes you stronger. Under pressure, matter does one of two things. It either shatters, or it hardens. Some people just crack though. They're the ones that limp on through life.
I'm not one for limping.
"And then I felt sad because I realized that once people are broken in certain ways, they can't ever be fixed, and this is something nobody ever tells you when you are young and it never fails to surprise you as you grow older as you see the people in your life break one by one. You wonder when your turn is going to be, or if it's already happened."
~Douglas Coupland
