After the busy periods of work, I realised how fast I have filled up my time with people instead. I keep making time to speak with people, maybe listening a lot more than speaking.
Today was a good day catching up with XY. I had an interesting time listening to what life is like as a teenager once more, and sometimes being an adult looking back at teenage life gives me a lot of happy memories. I am sure there were many down moments too, and I heard some of that today as well. But both ways, some portions of humanity remain the same, no matter which era. Although I do think society is a lot more harsh right now, in the name of being nicer. The need to be careful and cautious about what to say has made everyone very afraid of saying the wrong thing, and therefore, the moment anyone says something wrong, it is an immediate strike against the person. A bit too fast for my taste, because it doesn’t give anyone the benefit of the doubt.
But that’s life now, and I guess I’m happy to be an adult. But we do have different fears of societal pressure that might be quite similar… hm… have we grown past it then? Who knows.