I look at it like this...As a young person, our lives are like a glass bowl. It is empty and carefree because it doesn't have to hold anything. As we get older, learn more, and gain more responsibilities, things are added to the bowl. The longer we carry the bowl...

For me, taking on that mantle of a fearful-adult, the opposite of fun-loving kindergardener, was a process.  I think the more responsibilities I began accumulating, the more weight it began feeling like was on my shoulders.  And, in a way, it truly is.  If ...