I've been reading some Chinese philosophy lately (yes it is just for fun and I know I'm weird. note: for definition of weird please read older posts) Confucius said, "Let a man be stimulated by poetry, established by the rules of propriety, and perfected by music."
I read allot of poetry, in fact I have an entire small bookcase dedicated to works of poetry. I even write poetry from time to time. I am also far more pertaining to the stricter rules of etiquette than most men I know and I always try to be as kind and polite as possible. Finally in the last stipulation, music. Classical music is my favorite genre of music followed closely by Celtic and I even can appreciate a little euro dance. So according to Confucius I am a man. Now I find these requirements to be lacking in several areas but for a short saying it's not half bad.
I find that many of my teen friends are hmm... not quite as 'grown up' as they would have been if they were born a few centuries ago. How much does personal maturity and age determine if a person is an 'adult'? How much is it just a social standard that honestly has very little to do with actual capabilities? When should real adult responsibilities fall upon a person? These are questions I ponder. What do you think?
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