In The Power of Myth, Joseph Campbell discusses how many ancient societies have ceremonies (sometimes grueling) to signify that an individual has reached adulthood and that, largely, this is absent in modern society.
Yesterday, I went to my friend Amy's Berkeley graduation party. As the day wore into the night, the lines between the generations were significantly blurred. We taught Amy's parents and their friends how to hit a hookah and how to play beer pong. It was really a blast for everyone.
To me, the moving trip with my best friend's dad and last night's party was my own right of passage. I've already began to embrace certain things that adulthood entails and this growing up thing couldn't have happened much more naturally. I'm ready for the next stage which is already under way.
Life is good
2 comments:
I'm so glad you had fun :)
Hey, I just read the comment you left on my post about Matt not showing up to my party and I really appreciate that you consider yourself my friend and I definitely consider you one of my friends even though I met you through Jarrod. It was just really hurtful that the freiends that I met through Jarrod in the last couple of years were more supportive of me than the friends that I've had since high school. I guess I didn't word it quite right on my post.
Just know that I'm very proud to call you (and the other guys) MY friends, too. :)
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