  Okay, so I was feeling a little flip on Friday when I wrote my last post. In staying true to my analytical self, I thought more about when you know (if ever) that you have grown up. I think that awareness of one's mortality brings you a step closer to this adult sense of self. That and the gradual realization we are all more similar than we think.
Realizing one's own insignificance in the grand scheme of things is a very humbling, profound experience. Not to say that we are not each important and worthwhile in our own right, but grasping that realization that the world really does not revolve around us. Some people grasp this in adolesence, most in early adulthood, and sadly, some people don't grasp this until they are knocking on death's door. But hey, as they say, better late than never. we are all just part of the dance. 
