I often quote from S.E. Hinton?s The Outsiders about ?staying gold.?
Johnny?s words on his deathbed to Ponyboy:
??you?re gold when you?re a kid, like green. When you?re a kid, everything?s new, dawn. It?s just when you get used to everything that it?s day. Like the way you dig sunsets, Pony. That?s gold. Keep that way, it?s a good way to be.?
Most kids and teens still believe in hopes and dreams. The world can be tough, and many people become jaded as they get older, either by their circumstances, or by their mindset about their circumstances. They no longer believe in the possibilities that surround them. They settle. They give up. They fail to see the beauty in things. They lose hope.
It brings us back to the age old question, what came first, the chicken or the egg?
Have you given up on your dreams because life has crushed you, or has life crushed you because you?ve given up on your dreams?
Most kids and teens are still idealistic as opposed to realistic. Some people think of idealism as a negative thing. All my life I?ve been told to ?be more realistic.?? My thesaurus lists impractical, romantic, unrealistic, and optimistic under the word idealistic. I?ve been called all those things, and I take them as compliments!
If growing up means becoming practical, unromantic, realistic, and pessimistic, then I don?t want to grow up. Ever!
Stay gold! It?s a choice!
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