Growing Up is Hard to Do

So, it is nice to know that I am not the only one who feels like growing up is hard, but it doesn't change the fact that I want to help them and me out of it. This week I spent more than an hour discussing with certain people how hard it is to make adult decisions, and how it leaves us confused, and wondering if we are doing the right thing.
It reminds me SO much of the song by Ben Folds Still Fighting It. I think that became the song for hard things about growing up at Mason's farewell, all of us were there, and nothing was quite the same as it used to be, and yet it was. We were all playing and singing along with the music, and when this song came on all of us sang our hearts out, understanding each other's pain. Robbie and I exchanged glances, and understood, and sang harder and with more heart than before. Even though "everybody knows it hurts to grow up, and everybody does"....and...."we're still fighting it." Maybe that is the problem, we shouldn't be fighting it, but go with it and realize that it is good, and that the Lord wants us to progress and to grow. This doesn't mean that we can't look back and learn from the past and enjoy those times, but to look to live in the present and find joy in it as well.
So, this is my shout out to my friends who are growing up, "good morning sun," I know you are ready for this, and that you have the strength to overcome the obstacles in front of you. Enjoy the time the Lord has given you. He trusts you.