It Takes A Long Time To Grow Up To Be A Child
When John Lennon’s mother asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up, he replied: “Happy.”
The mother took the answer as nonsense as a child and many of us would feel touched by a child saying something like that, but inside we will think that this desire is only the result of innocence and inexperience, and that in life, you have to do other things. And well … be happy if you can.
Little Lennon already pointed to sensitivity and truth, because as time passes, we earn and lose money, friendships break down, dreaming is reduced to sleeping and all our illusions seem broken … many of us wonder what has happened in our lives so that let’s live it with a halo of bitterness.
It is time to remember what it means to be a child, which is much more than a size: it is an attitude towards life, that many try to steal, but that only we can safeguard.
No one can steal your innocence, no one forces you to renounce your fairy tale, no one can forbid you to dream even in the hardest moments … only if you allow it.
What does it mean to be a child?
The child is the one who lives in the now, the one who looks at colors, the one who is intrigued by everything that surrounds him, the one who deciphers figures in the clouds. The child, spontaneous, who seeks laughter, jokes and games ; not appearances, commitments and empty conversations of all truth.
You really think that? If someone has stolen your childhood, they have restricted your freedom or stolen your innocence, it is they who will never be able to recover the smile they had in childhood. You do.
Do not give to those who damaged you the happy moments that you keep from your childhood.
Those are yours, and in them is the basis of your personality, what you really want to be in life.
You have grown up, but that does not mean you have to give up the wonderful naivety that every child possesses. Perhaps for this reason, when you are with a child, you will enjoy it even more. There are no perfect lives or models, no matter how much the stories, advertisements, and movies tell.
There are unforgettable moments and those are composed by and for people like you. Do not deny yourself the possibility of living them.
My childhood was so happy that I haven’t gotten over it. Now everything saddens me
In the first years of life, our psyche, our temperament , is shaped.
Our memories are kept on fire. Small flashes of moments that remind us of how we laughed, how we jumped, the overflowing energy when we wanted and when we were also angry with someone.
If you’ve been privileged to have that, now is the time to bring it out. Just like you laughed back then, you can do it now. Stop complicating your life.
Look around you, with your eyes wider. To watch the sunrise as you did as a child, play with the waves… .you learned not to be afraid when you were tremendously vulnerable.
Now that you are an adult, stop having the fear that society has wanted you to have. That is useless. It’s a trap, don’t fall for it anymore.
