Growing up?!

When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.1 Corinthians 13:11

I've often felt like I was younger than I am. I've wondered whether I can ever accept responsiblity for myself or for others, and I've wondered if I'm ever going to actually grow up. Even though I'm 18, I sometimes still feel like I'm 10. All this time I've been waiting to grow up. Well, today I finally realized something:

Nothing will happen if I simply wait to grow up.

I have to do it on my own. I have to be proactive instead of sitting back and expecting things to happen 'naturally'. I have to look after my own future instead of hoping someone else will take care of things for me. I have to plan for my own life instead of assuming I'll get married and then my husband can take care of all that stuff. I have to learn, and grow, and mature, and that won't happen unless I start making it happen.

You've probably heard the saying "Good things come to those who wait." Well if you ask me, that's a load of bull. Good things don't come to those who sit on their thumbs waiting. Good things come to those who get up, get out there, and make it happen.

So I guess you could say that's my New Year's resolution. To get up and grow up by working hard and making some changes and taking responsibility for my own actions.