We put away our laughter

I spent the best day yesterday with a lifelong childhood friend, making dinner while reminiscing about our somewhat-wild youth, our rebellious and troubled teens, and the years since, trying to escape the small-town legacy. Then today, I read this on a junk mail flyer. Once again, the universe speaks.

"As we grow up, we put away our laughter and our silliness and our childish noises, the great sensory hilariousness of our young lives. We pick up a few notions about proper behavior, like what books to read and how to go about getting married and buying a home and being polite and having cocktail parties...and the next thing you know, the little child - who was also an enormously alive sensory apparatus - is just another boring adult going to work in a seersucker suit with a briefcase." - John Rosenthal, "Amazing Conversations"

No kidding.