Peter, not the Pan.

Grown ups look in the mirror, and then look at the clock... They walk into an empty house that feels emptier every day that passes, for it brings them ever-closer to the final and inescapable loneliness: that last echoing room where you are truly alone.

Perhaps we all do that when we grow up. Find safe ways to make dangerous trips.

PETER PAN: Any time they're happy, they can't wait to be sad.
ALICE IN WONDERLAND: Never here and now, always there and later.

Reality may be hard, but it's all what we have.