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There seems to be this irony about adulthood
There is an observed irony associated with adulthood.
It's like you gain a lot of knowledge, but you lose a lot of hope
With adulthood, there is a gain in knowledge but a loss of hope.
You ask less question, you pretend you have the answers
As adults, people tend to ask fewer questions and act like they have all the answers.
You put up walls and barriers
Adults build walls and barriers to avoid vulnerability, considering it a sign of strength.
To avoid vulnerability, and you call it strength
Avoiding vulnerability is viewed as strength in adulthood.
But when I study those that I find most extraordinary
Examining extraordinary individuals reveals a common theme: curiosity.
I see once common theme
There is a common theme observed among extraordinary individuals.
They remain curious
Extraordinary individuals remain deeply curious.
Deeply curious
Deep curiosity is a characteristic of extraordinary individuals.
They embrace the questions that have no answers
They embrace questions without definite answers.
They keenly observe the intricate details of humanity
Observing intricate details of humanity is a trait of extraordinary individuals.
They welcome ?motion, sorrow and ecstasy, just the same
They welcome and experience emotions, including sorrow and ecstasy.
Th?y dare to love, knowing full well the possibility of loss
They dare to love despite the potential for loss.
It's like adulthood tells us that living is synonymous with running away from our true emotions
Adulthood suggests that living means avoiding true emotions.
That living is self-protecting and suppressing
Living, according to adulthood, involves self-protection and suppression.
But I think it may just be the opposite
The speaker challenges this notion, suggesting the opposite might be true.
Living is finding the harmonious coexistence of life's juxtaposing concepts
Living is about finding harmony between life's contrasting concepts.
The overwhelming beauty and the crippling pain
This harmony includes both overwhelming beauty and crippling pain.
The indescribable connection and the undeniable distance
It involves navigating the indescribable connections and undeniable distances.
It's the freedom and the bondage
Living embraces both freedom and bondage.
The love and the loss
It encompasses both love and loss.
The bravery and the fear
Living includes both bravery and fear.
It's the windy and restless, and the still and reverent
Contrasting elements like the windy/restless and the still/reverent are part of life.
The lonely and the busy
Living involves both the lonely and the busy.
The tears and the belly laughs
It embraces both tears and belly laughs.
And the beginnings and the ends
Living encompasses both beginnings and ends.
I believe if you can learn to cultivate a balance between it all
If one can balance all these elements, they have learned to truly live.
Then you have learned what it is to live
True human living is achieved by cultivating a balance between all aspects of life.
And to be truly human
Being truly human involves learning what it is to live in this balanced way.
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