To grow up is to understand the difference between lust and love. To comprehend the fact that just because you may love something with your whole heart that things change, people change, and happy endings aren't always a guarantee. To grow up is to accept that life is full of surprises and shocks and to learn to roll with things as they come. To grow up is to know that if you fight against life, life itself WILL always fight back. The people you love the most will hurt you the worst and the people you don't expect it from will surprise you a time or two. To grow up is to lose a part of the whimsical mystery that life once held and to embrace the more practical aspects of day to day life. To successfully grow up, a person realizes they can grow up to be a practical adult, yet still stare at the stars and dream of touching them one day.