I am hereby officially tendering my resignation as an ADULT. I have
decided I would like to accept the responsibilities of a 6 year old again.
I want to go to McDonald's and think that it's a four star restaurant.
I want to sail sticks across a fresh mud puddle and make ripples with
rocks. I want to think M&Ms are better than money, because you can eat
them. I want to play kickball during recess and paint with watercolors
in art. I want to lie under a big Oak tree and run a lemonade stand
with my friends on a hot summers day.
I want to return to a time when life was simple. When all you knew
were colors, addition tables and simple nursery rhymes, but that didn't
bother you, because you didn't know what you didn't know and you didn't
care. When all you knew was to be happy because you didn't know all
the things that should make you worried and upset. I want to think that the
world is fair. That everyone in it is honest and good. I want to
believe that anything is possible.
Somewhere in my youth...I matured and I learned too much. I learned of
nuclear weapons, war, prejudice, starvation and abused children.
I learned of lies, unhappy marriages, suffering, illness, pain and
death. I learned of a world where men left their families to go and
fight for our country, and returned only to end up living on the
streets...begging for their next meal. I learned of a world where
children knew how to kill...and did!!
What happened to the time when we thought that everyone would live
forever, because we didn't grasp the concept of death? When we
thought the worst thing in the world was if someone took the jump
rope from you or picked you last for kickball? I want to be oblivious to the
complexity of life and be overly excited by little things once again. I
want to return to the days when reading was fun and music was clean.
When television was used to report the news or for family entertainment
and not to promote sex, violence and deceit. I remember being naive
and thinking that everyone was happy because I was. I would walk on the
beach and only think of the sand between my toes and the prettiest
seashell I could find. I would spend my afternoons climbing trees and
riding my bike. I didn't worry about time, bills or where I was going
to find the money to fix my car. I used to wonder what I was going to do
or be when I grew up, not worry about what I'll do if this doesn't work out.
I want to live simple again. I don't want my day to consist of computer
crashes, mountains of paperwork, depressing news, how to survive more
days in the month than there is money in the bank, doctor bills, gossip,
illness and loss of loved ones. I want to believe in the power of
smiles, hugs, a kind word, truth, justice, peace, dreams, the
imagination, mankind and making angels in the snow.
I want to be 6 again!!
Author Unknown
