Forever Young: Nurturing Your Inner Child for a Life of Joy

 When I was growing up, I used to think, that when you become an adult, that's it, it's all over, that you magically know everything, and it all ends, I mean everyone says, by the time you are an adult, your childhood is officially over. But I'm starting to think I was wrong.  What if your childhood doesn't have to end, what if the little child inside all of us, is still there, just waiting for us to remember the wanderlust we had for life. What if, it all doesn't have to end, what if we actually do have a choice, as to whether or not we grow up, what if, the little child inside all of us, never went away, we simply forgot it was there all along. 

Maybe in the grand scheme of things, it's up to us to embrace the inner child that we have hidden deep inside, to remember all the things that we once loved from our childhood, instead of choosing to forget them, all for the sake of growing up. Perhaps the phrase, " be a kid at heart", had more truth to it, then we let ourselves believe, because now I'm starting to think it holds a lot of truth to it. In my opinion, letting our inner child go, what be a great disgrace to ourselves, not truly embracing the inner child we have, the childlike wonder for life, wanting to learn, discover, experience as many new things as possible. Being complacent can kill childlike wonder, maybe not all at once, but slowly over time it sure can. 

Complacency naturally happens over time the older we all get, from going to college, studies long hours, taking exams, to working long hours and coming home and just wanting to be left alone, to being busy cooking and cleaning and taking care of the kids at home. But in my opinion, letting yourself fall into complacency, is unknowingly setting yourself up for failure in the long run. So my advice, is to try to reignite the spark inside of you, remember your inner child, the childlike wonder you had for life, that pushed yo to try new things, learn more, experience new things everyday.

There's a difference between living and existing. The choice is yours.