Last evening I met a couple of interesting people – just social
and professional acquaintances – and we laughed a lot. About silly things. We
talked for a long time about inconsequential details that we obsess over in
Life – and we laughed. This morning when I woke up and reflected on the evening’s
camaraderie, I thought, why are we not this way all the time? Why must every
meeting – at least in the professional circuit – conform to an agenda? Why can’t
we be like kids – simple, uncomplicated, funny, happy?
Look
at the children in your family, up until the age of 5 at least. Don’t they deal
with people as they are? Never judging. Always trusting. Full of energy and
enthusiasm. When you are child-like, and see the world with curiosity, with a
raging quest for each new experience, you will find your soul singing and you
will find bliss in every moment!
When
you awaken the child in you, you will never have a problem living__and you will
never feel old! While it may be a good idea to choose a successful adult to be
a role model for your dreams, ambitions and professional aspirations, in terms
of your attitude to Life__and to practice intelligent living__it may just be a
great idea to make an infant your role model! Children teach us innocence, to
forgive and forget, to trust and to be joyful at
all times! British author, known most for his science fiction works, Brian
Aldiss painted a bleak, but awakening picture of adulthood with these words:
“When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults and they enter society, one
of the politer names of hell. That is why we dread children, even if we love
them; they show us the state of our decay.” As adults we have stopped being
innocent. There’s a lurking suspicion we have in every encounter, judging
motives and evaluating people all the time. We carry baggage of past hurts and
often want to avenge insults and betrayals. We are never happy for whatever
moment we are living through __ always choosing to wallow in the past or worry for
the future.
Each
of us has the opportunity to be the child that we once were. When nothing else
but the pitter-patter of raindrops or a butterfly sitting on a flower or a passing
train’s whistle really mattered. So, if you are walking around a puddle and not
through it, if you are worried about what people at the table will think if you
dropped sauce on yourself, if you are conscious of people looking at you at an
airport while you peer at and count the planes, if you are unable to sleep
deeply, peacefully, instantaneously, it’s time for you to go back to your
childhood. And do all those things NOW that you did then.
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