'If I can reach 50 without growing up then I don't have to.'
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Playing on the idiom 'grow up' to suggest that physical aging does not require emotional maturation.
- In plain terms
- Just because I get older doesn't mean I have to mature.
- What can you take from it?
- Aging and maturing are separate processes.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Must aging include maturity?
- What does growing up mean?
Another view
Maturity often brings necessary life skills.
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