For many, childhood is a symbol of purity, innocence, vitality and joy: who would not want to return to the time when everything was joy and love, and our main concern was to know what Mom had prepared for dessert?
But what if we keep following the reflection of this inner child hiding in us?Perhaps our desire for renewal, joy and appreciation for the small details of life is nothing more than the need to give voice to this little sage we have heard from time to time. on time.
- Old age is more than a physical reflection of age.
- It’s a matter of attitude.
- When we lose our curiosity.
- As Saramago would say.
- We stop being children.
- Maybe that’s why we miss childhood every time we see a child smile.
- Because he has no worries.
- He has no responsibilities.
One of the demands of adult life is to worry about the future: what we do today will or will not have a positive outcome over time. Therefore, being an adult means being responsible for your own actions and those in your care.
Keep this in mind all the time, but don’t forget your inner child, who leads you to be more creative, renew yourself and stay young, thanks to her we continue to believe in life.
Perhaps Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s “The Little Prince” is an excellent lesson about who we are: adults who have forgotten themselves. Through books like this, we realize that we all have an inner child who makes us appreciate the small details, who accepts who we really are and realizes that the essential is invisible to the eyes.
Did adults advise me to put aside drawings of open or closed constrictor boas and devote a little more to geography, history, calculus, grammar?Adults don’t understand anything for themselves and it’s exhausting for children to explain it.
-Antoine De Saint-Exupéry, from the book The Little Prince-
If we are more liberal with that part of us that asks us to stay away from all the negatives of the adult world, we will realize that sometimes what makes us happier is far from what we find obvious. The innocent and young gaze manages to perceive all this long before the adult who is immersed in the likeness of everyday life.
Adulthood is nothing more than a change of perspective: when we are children we admire everything around us, and when we become adults we are afraid when something comes out of the ordinary, and isn’t it true that normal can also admire?? Perhaps that’s the key: marvel at the world as if we see it every day for the first time, as if you were about to make the best discovery of your life, enjoy life, learn to value everything around you.
There is nothing wrong with letting our childish side emerge, this does not mean abandoning the adult side, but finding a balance between the two that allows us both to manage our daily lives and to accept the extraordinary that exists in it. An adult’s eyes are necessary, but painting details with our inner child is amazing.
“We look into the abyss of old age, and the children come from behind and push us. -Gumez De la Serna, greguerias-
Let us be reasonable: let us listen to our inner child because he has more lessons to teach us than we think and lead us all to one’s own happiness, let us not lose curiosity, the desire to enjoy and even innocence: we will look at the world as the little prince and come where our eyes do not let us see.