As the clock ticks on

At times, when we sit back and observe the way things are going we realize that we've been walking quite fast, in the name of achieving so called success leaving behind our shadow, the very reflection of our true inner self. As the clock ticks on, we not only grow older, we grow wiser. We learn how to deceive people and even our own self. We know how to bear false smile and how to hide emotions. We learn how to like only those things that can help us gain something more realistic than just satisfaction. And this is not all, we lose the innocence and simplicity of speech that we possessed as a child. The intelligence we attain also helps us rename our deceptions as a part of sophisticated behavior. And then at some point we wish to unlearn it all, but.....