

Nicholas Sparksġ00+ words of encouragement for men to lift up his spirits Funny quotes about growing up So you keep the wonderful memories, but find yourself moving on.

You find out who you are and what you want, and then you realise that people you’ve known forever don’t see things the way you do. It happens to everyone as they grow up.But I don’t think we make any fewer when we’re grown up. Everyone thinks you make mistakes when you’re young.The older you get, the harder it is to bounce back.


The years went by, and Mary Alice and I grew up, slower than we wanted to, faster than we realized.It was all part of the excitement of being young. For me, growing up felt like a roller coaster ride at times, but looking back, I don’t think that it was such a bad thing.Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult the day he forgives himself, he becomes wise.Do not squander your most precious privilege of participating in the lives of your children. Let them be little for they are only little for such a little while.I wish I could go back in time and watch my kids grow up all over again because it is just going by too fast.It seems like I waited forever for you to be mine and now that you’re here it feels like it’s all going by so fast. I wish I could hit pause and keep you as you are.But the memories of childhood stay with you for the long haul. One day you’re in diapers the next day you’re gone. You know children are growing up when they start asking questions that have answers.Today's children are growing up in a new reality, one where they are attuning more to machines and less to people than has ever been true in human history.
