It’s always fun being a kid. A child’s life may seem to be as carefree as it seems. For them, life appears to be a no worry type of existence. They don’t have to worry what’s going to happen tomorrow or in the near future. A child’s day can already be said complete if he or she played the whole day. Playing is what keeps a child a busy and satisfied. Children always have that precious smiles on their faces, a mere giggle and a warm smile would brighten any adult’s horrible day. Yes, kids are definitely cute and adorable but often times, they become stubborn and with just a snap, they can be in their temper tantrum mode. Funny how easily they can be motivated with just simple M&M’s, a couple of starburst candies, a trip to the ice cream store, offering them their favourite bar of chocolate. Happiness for them can be seen everywhere and be felt all the time. It is such a wonderful life that they are living—a life that is simple, having not to worry about responsibility and a life that is not complicated.
Why am I even saying these things about kids? It is because I do sometimes envy the life of a kid. Yes, I was once a kid and I sure did love it. It’s living life with no worries, being contented with simple toys, getting bored because simply got tired of playing with the same old toys, tripping and falling down earning some scratches and wounds that are easily relieved through colourful band aids. When I grew up, I realized that a kid’s life is so much fun. How I wish I never would grow old or even age every year just like Peter Pan living in Never Land. But life is not like that. Apparently, we all have to age every year and having to face the reality about life. An adult’s life is way too complex and far way too beyond living the carefree life that we had experienced when we were still kids. An adult’s life gives the impression that ‘man is never satisfied with whatever he has in his life.’ When you’re an adult, getting hurt is not as easy as repairing one’s wound with band aids like what kids experience. Adults have that tendency not to be able to cope up immediately when emotional hurt arises. I hope we can just like put band aids to repair all the hurts that we have been through and would still be going through. How I want it to be that an adult’s life can be as easy as one two three, that as adults, we can get motivated easily with a bunch of candies, chocolates and ice creams, that we too could also find meaning and happiness in everything that we do and how I wish that we would live an uncomplicated life that we used to have when we were still kids. I know we can’t be kids forever but if we just look deep in ourselves, there’s always a kid inside of us and that is the thing that will never fade away.
