My Culmination?

So I just turned 24. 8766 days. 8768 now... A week ago, it was 8761. The difference between 23 and 24 ranges from 1 day and 729 days. Numbers can't quantify us. There is no formula. There are no distinct benchmarks. There is no path from a to z. Nothing gets handed to us at a certain age. Except maybe a driver's license. So then why do we put any importance on age?

I wrote about this 4 months ago. The point was not to relive this topic. The point was to explore the topic of maturity and responsibility. Because those two things are completely linked and honestly, I think those two topics are forgotten in today's world.

I already have a premonition that I won't be able to voice my true opinion on this topic. And this will come off as ranty and bitchy. But this has been on my mind for a while now, so here it comes.

Responsibility comes in all shapes and sizes. Moral responsibility. Social responsibility. Financial responsibility. And maturity is also something that's relatively diverse and fluid. But there seems to be a void in our society when these topics come up. And while I struggle mightily to write this, and I can't place my theory into a realistic context, my hunch is that at the root of this festering lack of maturity and responsibility is an unprecedented rise in selfishness.

So maybe that's where the disconnect is. Maybe that's where I find myself meeting people and talking to people that have taken the proper steps in their life to act like an adult, but they still don't. People have lost the instinct to help others. We're all so preoccupied with blackberrys and iphones and the crisp speed of life that we've lost our connection to the rest of the world.

And maybe this is why I am having such a hard time getting out a functional, flowing thought on this topic. This is on the verge of the culmination of much of what I've written about already. This is part of my plea for people to stay connected, with friends and strangers, to offer a face instead of a name. This is part of my explanation of slowing down life and appreciating the simple details that are so often over looked. This is part of my sadistic nature of the internet. My masochistic way of living. This is part of my zodiac symbol being a scale, attempting to live a balanced life. And this is a huge part of the changes I took on in the end of college and the beginning parts of my adult life. To put others before myself. To rise above the little things. 'The ability to let that which doesn't matter truly slide.' And maybe my purpose was, and is to get people to open their eyes. Maybe I'll figure it out a little more and paint a little clearer picture. For now, I just needed to get some of these things out there. Next step might be a plan of action...