Spring Break
'Fighting Insanity'
Adults just don't understand
Kyle Hansen
Issue date: 3/3/08 Section: Opinion
"I think it is everyone's dream to be in a parade just once," said one of the leaders who was wearing a box wrapped like a Christmas present. "But just once."
The girls, on the other hand, could barely contain their excitement. One of them was dressed like an elf and was jumping up and down as she told me about the parade.
"You get to dress up and show everybody your costume," she said. "You have joy and happiness because you get to see your friends."
Maybe we can learn something from this little elf. How often do we get excited and have "joy and happiness" just from seeing our friends?
Such simple pleasures are around us if we will look for them. But we "adults" have a hard time with that. It is too plain and simple for us to understand. It takes a child to remind us.
Spend a few minutes listening to a child. See what interests and excites them. Find out what they think about the world. Let them guide you onto the playground.
Don't let the little fence and silly sign keep you out of the playground.
You might learn something new, and your inner child will thank you.
The girls, on the other hand, could barely contain their excitement. One of them was dressed like an elf and was jumping up and down as she told me about the parade.
"You get to dress up and show everybody your costume," she said. "You have joy and happiness because you get to see your friends."
Maybe we can learn something from this little elf. How often do we get excited and have "joy and happiness" just from seeing our friends?
Such simple pleasures are around us if we will look for them. But we "adults" have a hard time with that. It is too plain and simple for us to understand. It takes a child to remind us.
Spend a few minutes listening to a child. See what interests and excites them. Find out what they think about the world. Let them guide you onto the playground.
Don't let the little fence and silly sign keep you out of the playground.
You might learn something new, and your inner child will thank you.
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Peter Pan
posted 3/03/08 @ 12:37 PM PST
I don't think it's a "silly sign."
I'm not sure if you realized or not, but the sign keeping adults (without children) out, is basically saying NO PEDOPHILES. (Continued…)
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