Bad influence...

It's those friends that are there always... Friends whose parents hated you that time. Friends whom your parents hated at that time... Both parents thought those friends were a "bad influence" on their very innocent brood :D Little did they know!!
As the years went by with so many ups and downs those are the exact same friends that our parents now ask about. They are not very worried because they know that those same friends are there for us to lean on... Those "bad influences" are now the pillars that we can rely on through bad grades, relationship problems, break ups, bad jobs, bad bosses and bad days! Of course they are the same people who would be as happy as we are for a new job, a new house, a baby or even just an awesome day!
I don't know what I would do without my bad influences! They're there... they have influenced me of course, but just not in the way my parents would have thought! I hope that I've been a bad influence for somebody too, and hope somebody's parents would've asked them to stop hanging out with me and we hung out nonetheless! :)

Growing...

Yeah I know... this is probably the umpteenth blog-post about growing up! You have to agree though that it is such a complex, continuous and back (and heart) breaking process that it deserves every line written about it! The process is long and tedious, but the realization is sudden! It just hits you... and hits hard. Then comes the realization that it cannot be undone. THAT is the hardest...
People grow in mysterious ways (I know it sounds a lot like "God works in mysterious ways", but I strongly suspect that the original was about people growing up :D). The most basic and obvious manifestation of growing up is the change in physical appearance. For some growing up ends there! ;) It's amazing to see how that shy, awkward girl in school has suddenly changed into a beautiful (albeit not-so-nice-to-talk-to) woman now! Or how that hyper-active and incessantly talkative boy is now a very quiet person with a banker-like air about him. How two people we never thought would get along end up being the best of friends AFTER school! People really do grow in mysterious ways!
For some that the growing up process is never going to end, it's one heartbreak after another. Just remembering the things that you so loved before, and now you're fine without them. It breaks your heart!
Remember your favorite smell? How long has it been since you even remembered it? Yeah... growing up! Getting busy with the things that matter.
Remember how much you loved to hug your grandmom? How long ago was that? Growing up...
Remember last time that you laughed like crazy without thinking where you are or whose watching? Growing up...
Remember when you last made a stupid promise to a friend (but kept it nonetheless)? Growing up...
Remember when you were angry with someone but let it go and forgot only because they said sorry? Growing up...
Remember when you last dreamed of that fairy tale? Or even heard it? Growing up... Getting busy with the things that seem to matter!
If not forgetting these things means not growing up, so be it!! I won't grow up... I'd rather die how ever young I am...