Act Like A Child
I believe in acting like a child. No, I don’t mean I throw a tantrum if I don’t get what I want or don’t eat my vegetables. I am talking about the finer points of childhood, about not letting the problems in life weigh me down as many people do.My favorite thing about children is how honest they are, even when no one else is. On one side of my family, there is a tendency to chew with one’s mouth open, a habit that disgusts everyone at the table. However, no one was courageous enough to politely correct them. Until, that is, my four year old brother joined us for dinner one night and my grandma was telling a story while eating. In a way only a little kid can, he cried out shocked, “Grandma, don’t talk with your mouth full!” This is the honesty I believe in. Sticking up for what is correct and right, and in this case proper, even if no one else will, and not pretending that problems don’t exist. Basically, saying what needs to be said, unflinchingly.
Another reason to act like a child is for the inclusiveness they practice. Kids are oblivious to race, social class, and gender, all things adults will notice the second they meet someone new. At such a young age, kids have not yet been taught by their elders to judge based on these things. When kids play together, they include every child in the vicinity, not caring where they came from. This, I believe, is inspirational to all and should be a trait that everyone adopts, no matter their age.
At a wedding, another perfect example of why even adults should behave like children is evident. While self-conscious adults will stay seated throughout the reception, the kids will be dancing like maniacs on the dance floor, not caring if people are laughing at their crazy moves. Not caring what other people think, by leaving the judgment of your actions to yourself and your religion, you are acting like a child by indulging in their carelessness of other people’s opinions of them. I believe a short way to reach happiness in life is simply to cease caring what others think of you and deciding for yourself whether or not you are a good person.
By far, the best part of being a child is the small, unexpected joys. Remember, especially in the hard times, the best memories of childhood. Specifically, how they were viewed, and try to recreate that simple wonder. The happiest memories from my first six years on earth are by far the simplest, as I possessed a child’s view point and everything was astonishing and brilliant. A small smile can be all it takes for an infant to laugh, yet as humans age, a smile lacks the same affect. As children do, I think that, most importantly, take pleasure in the simple things in life, the ones that the average person does not appreciate, for life is more joyous because of it.
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