Why Did You Lose the Light in Your Eyes?
Exploring the gap between childhood and adulthood
Why is it that, overtime, most of us lose the light in our eyes?
When we’re younger, life is so full of promises and options. The sky’s the limit. We don’t worry about tomorrow. We play for hours, and laugh our hearts out. As we grow up however, this same life seems to shrink, and to become narrower. We don’t feel like we have as many options as we once did. Our actions feel limited. But the most interesting part is this: We don’t seem to notice how such a perception affects us as a person.
We’re not as happy. We feel like we’re always going through the motions. We do things we dislike. We look forward to the weekend, or the end of the year for a break. Everything we seem to chase, in the hope that it will bring meaning to our existence, turns out to be another disaster we have to add to our pile of failures.
What is it that happens between our earlier years of hope and excitement, versus our adult lives, filled with burdens and this silent frustration?
If you were to ask around, most people would say that this is life, it’s the way things are, there’s not much we can do about it. All that’s left is for us to follow the pack, and be grateful for the good times along the way.
