Why Don't You Be a Child?
December 8th 2006 01:45
I was walking home yesterday and the skies were still bright at about dinner time. Its summer time after all and the sun sets at a much later time. When I used to walk home from school sometimes I would see a little girl playing in front of her house. She always said hello. I saw her again yesterday, she was playing outside in a pink ballerina costume, tutu and all. She said 'hello' and 'how are you?', and I replied with a 'Very good thank you and how are you?' and she said a simple 'good'. Her parents weren't on the front porch, she was playing outside alone and there was no hesitation or suspicion in her voice. Children usually are very trusting, they have no notion of colour, nasty people, terrorism or war. They see the world through pure and incredibly hopeful eyes. And though we have ever changing social paradigms, kids will always think and feel within a 'children's paradigm.' Its an innocence most of us have sadly lost, though many of us never really try to keep it or aren't aware of its disappearance. I guess we just need to get back into playing hide and seek.
I didn't stop to have a good conversation with the little girl, but she kept yelling goodbye. We exchanged one fingered waves and smiles, she was cute, you just want to be able to stop them from growing up.
Ta.
Ta.
| 218 |
| Vote |
Shared on
Subscribe to this blog
