While I was in my friend's house yesterday, I was entertained by her children who were enjoying themselves in the garden. I could hear them laughing their hearts away, with eyes brimming with delight. This innocent display of happines made me wish I were young again. Wouldn't you too?
We've all been there. There were days when all we would think about is the next game we'd play, what food to eat or what kind of toy to ask for. And who would ever forget that feeling of excitement as we tried to discover new things-how do caterpillars turn out to become butterflies, how do fishes survive in an aquarium or what causes lightning? How fun it was to learn new things!
But as we reached adolescence, we left that sense of excitement and simplicity. Little do we realize how important being a child at heart is. It doesn't mean being dependent always or throwing tantrums but seeing every new thing that comes our way with excitement.
Adulthood tossed us into the sea of wants and wishes. Back in our childhood days, playing in the sandbox or chasing each other made us happy and contented then. Now, how quickly do we complain on things we don't have?
My friends and I decided to join them and we definitely had fun. It made us remember how simple and happy life was when we were their age and at the same time it also taught us how to be a child at heart again.
"I have stilled and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother;
like a weaned child is my soul within me."
Psalm 131:2
