"Try to see things my way.."

Yes, I’m not a teenager anymore. Yes, I am supposed to act my age. But no, I don’t want to do what I’m supposed to do and I will not act my age anymore. I want to do what I feel like doing; even if it would mean that I’d be blamed forever, for my inappropriateness and awkwardness. Where did I go wrong? Or rather, where did they go wrong? They…those who blame me for my inappropriateness… Why do we keep restricting ourselves to those rules of how to act and why to act? Don’t we all have this thing called common sense? Why isn’t it common anymore, common enough to make them quit demanding appropriateness?! I think it’s this fear of being inappropriate is the fear of failure, the fear of blaming ourselves for the chances we’ve missed and the things we achieve. People fear messing up, because if they did, they’d think it’s their fault, that they weren’t appropriate enough. The thing is, we don’t mess up because we did something inappropriate. We mess up because we mess up. It’s not always our fault, it’s not always right to act according to the rules. It’s not always right just because it seems right. It’s about trying out the different alternatives. Why are we trying to escape messing up when life’s all about messing up, whether we like it or not. So, stop messing up by blaming yourself, just mess up and deal with it.