I think growing up is like a flower unfolding. If we do not let ourselves get stuck in a rut, we keep growing and learning. When you stop learning, you die in a way. Of course if you get comfortable in that rut, then life sends you something to make you ...
everything we experience, all of our ancestors, all of our actions, our thoughts, it all makes us whom we are. I'm not the same person I was before I read this, before I started typing my response-and I won't be the same when I finish
To me "growing up" means growing in accordance with your own heart, not driving yourself according to the judgments of others. So "growing up" and "becoming who you really are" mean the same things.