Pickle, I think you bring up a huge piece to the puzzle - Novelty.
Becoming jaded is definitely a curse associated with being 'adult'. I see it a lot with communities like our own, to be honest. I see it very strongly in those who feel the need to restrict change and evolution only to their personal experience and not so much in the world around them. I feel that the reality is that it's very easy to change our thoughts and our perceptions from within ourselves as we experience it, but to actually have that manifest around us is not always so easy. Now, both aspects are required. One will not make any impact in the world around them without strengthening their own resolve and understanding first; however, when one fails to take that personal strength and intend positive ends with it, I think they are equally at folly.
I see this most applicably in the dichotomy between the Pharisees and Jesus. The Pharisees were very pious and disciplined; they followed all the 'rules'. They focused and gave value to their own faith and not to others; others were instead seen as competition in the arena of political influence. I think this is a very 'adult' trait. As we get older, we tend to throw others out of our boat as we start careers and grow families; we can become very focused on ourselves compared to our youths, where money doesn't really play into things the same way as it does with adults. Even that small distinction is huge - adults handle money, children generally don't. I think that's a big one as well.
On the other hand, you have Jesus, who more or less acted like an adult child. He bluntly told everyone they were full of s*** regardless of social consequence, he taught through simple short stories instead of lecturing people endlessly, and he didn't judge people into different castes or generalized groups to feel superior. I find all of those very childish traits or things that children generally do (haha i'm such an adult
). He maintained his innocence, in a certain way (as he is portrayed). Again, I think this is a big piece of the puzzle; how naive are you willing to be when it comes to changing the world and doing amazingly positive things? If you are never willing to shoot for the moon, how do you ever get there?
Becoming jaded is definitely a curse associated with being 'adult'. I see it a lot with communities like our own, to be honest. I see it very strongly in those who feel the need to restrict change and evolution only to their personal experience and not so much in the world around them. I feel that the reality is that it's very easy to change our thoughts and our perceptions from within ourselves as we experience it, but to actually have that manifest around us is not always so easy. Now, both aspects are required. One will not make any impact in the world around them without strengthening their own resolve and understanding first; however, when one fails to take that personal strength and intend positive ends with it, I think they are equally at folly.
I see this most applicably in the dichotomy between the Pharisees and Jesus. The Pharisees were very pious and disciplined; they followed all the 'rules'. They focused and gave value to their own faith and not to others; others were instead seen as competition in the arena of political influence. I think this is a very 'adult' trait. As we get older, we tend to throw others out of our boat as we start careers and grow families; we can become very focused on ourselves compared to our youths, where money doesn't really play into things the same way as it does with adults. Even that small distinction is huge - adults handle money, children generally don't. I think that's a big one as well.
On the other hand, you have Jesus, who more or less acted like an adult child. He bluntly told everyone they were full of s*** regardless of social consequence, he taught through simple short stories instead of lecturing people endlessly, and he didn't judge people into different castes or generalized groups to feel superior. I find all of those very childish traits or things that children generally do (haha i'm such an adult
). He maintained his innocence, in a certain way (as he is portrayed). Again, I think this is a big piece of the puzzle; how naive are you willing to be when it comes to changing the world and doing amazingly positive things? If you are never willing to shoot for the moon, how do you ever get there?
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