Childlike @ MindSay

How many licks to get to the bubble gum or the tootsie roll?

 I dont know cause I dont lick it, I just keep it my mouth and enjoy every moment of the lovely taste..at this moment the flavor is : GRAPE!

Be a kid at heart no matter how old you are... Do something 'childish' today!

• Blow bubbles
• Walk barefoot
• Make a sandcastle
• Make a mud pie
• Wear your pj's inside out
• Swing
• Skip
• Play hopscotch
• Jumprope
• Watch a cartoon and Laugh!
• Finger paint
• Get a slinky and Play with it!
• Color
• Fly a kite
• Hula hoop
• Jump on your bed
• Learn a magic trick
• Roll down a hill
• Yo YO
• Wear your hair in pigtails
• Make a tent over your bed
• Buy some crazy socks
• Buy Fun stupid Sunglasses
• Lay on your bed or couch backwards/upside down
• Walk like a supermodel
• Lay in the grass and watch the clouds

Can you think of anymore? Do it.. share what happened or what didnt happen!! ENJOY!

Love and Laughter,

Dawn

 Ecclesiastes 9:7 (The Message Version)  7-10 Seize life! Eat bread with gusto,
   Drink wine with a robust heart.
   Oh yes—God takes pleasure in your pleasure!
   Dress festively every morning.
   Don't skimp on colors and scarves.
   Relish life with the spouse you love
   Each and every day of your precarious life.
   Each day is God's gift. It's all you get in exchange
   For the hard work of staying alive.
   Make the most of each one!
   Whatever turns up, grab it and do it. And heartily!
   This is your last and only chance at it,
   For there's neither work to do nor thoughts to think
   In the company of the dead, where you're most certainly headed.

I hate to say this, but I think I'm growing up.  I really do.  Alot of the people who used to be the most important things in my life have... somewhat evaporated.  They've stopped calling, stopped coming by, stopped asking me if I'd like to do something with them.  Some part of growing up this is.  If this is how life is going to be when I grow up, then I don't want it.  I wanna be a kid forever, the carefree child I used to be before I started dating seriously, before I ever experienced love first-hand.  That carefree child has now gone and ran down the street to meet with her friends to play and ride bikes and do things that only kids do.  Wish I was that little girl.  No hard homework, no people who leave you behind (and if they do, you didn't care then anyway cuz there was always someone else to play with), no boy problems.  Those were the best days of my life.  As I've gotten older, I've seen what I never saw when I was younger that went on in my family.  I've seen what they did in the kitchen when they told me to stay in my room, I've seen what goes on behind closed doors and where that funny smell came from.  I've seen it all.  And yet, they continue to hide it from me, continue to put that pink ribbon around my eyes as an attempt to shield me from all that is bad.  Dammit, don't hide it from me any longer!!  I'm 16 years old!!  I no longer have the childlike innocence we were all born with, that left me before I left middle school.  Though I still may act childlike, it's all an attempt to keep from floating off into this new-found world.  Right now, the last thing I need is to grow up.  Everyone wants to grow up, I wanna be a kid forever.  Though I know that can never happen, it's always good to have a dream.

I can't believe I'm blogging about this, but it's been bugging me forever and I just can't hold it in any longer.  I know  I'm just as bad about not calling people as they are about not calling me, but I'm never sure who's doing what at what time.  And I think it's safe to say, my friends have really stuck by me these past few years.  Through all the heartache, the pain, the suffering, the good times and the bad, and all the tears I've shedded.  Hopefully, my past won't come back to haunt me.  I'd hate to put my kids through all the shit that I went through with my parents, and I think someday I'll make a damn good mom.  But for right now, all I want is to be the kid I used to be... carefree, without a fuckin worry in the world, happy, didn't care how the hell I looked (BTW, I get my self-esteem issues from my grandmother who calls me fat every fuckin chance she gets), and didn't have a job.  All these things make me feel as if I'm getting too old too fast.  One thing I definitely wish I could still do... play softball as well as I used to.  No doubt, I can still play, but when I was littler, I was fuckin good (though not that it mattered to anyone but me, cuz when it came game-time, I was my own biggest fan... No one else that mattered would show up.  They were all "too busy" to come see me).  Anyways, offa that topic, cuz that right there really pisses me the fuck off.

I know I complain an awful lot (believe me, I know) but this one right here... has been the biggest thing on my mind for quite a while.  I wanna get outta school, but I don't wanna grow up.  Such irony.  I just wish things were they way they used to be, mentally.  Hell, I know my parents would love it, cuz I wouldn't be such a smart ass to them. *LOL*  Well, I guess I'm done here.  Enough wishing, but this is something that I can't do a whole lot about.  *rolls eyes*

For all of my buddies who've been there for me from beginning to end, thanks.  I sincerely mean that.  If not for you guys, I don't know what I would do.  Probably go psycho.  You guys have seen me at my best and at my worst.  I'm sure you're not sure who you all are, but if you do then you do.  I really and truly do love all you guys from the bottom of my heart, and if you ever need ANYTHING (except anything that has to do w/ sex), anything at all... I don't care what time it is, I don't care if I'm asleep, whatev it don't matter... Call me, get a hold of me somehow... Night or day, through sleet, hail, rain, snow, and heat... I'll be there for you.  I promise.  Cuz you guys have always been there for me.

Well, it's now time to go, now that I've said everything that I needed to say.

Love To All,

-Morgie

I recall reading a while back that when we are born we know everything, we then "forget" it all and spend the rest of our lives trying to get that knowledge back.  At first it seemed a bit odd to have all that knowledge and understanding as a baby and at the same time it makes sense.  The more I think about it the more I understand.

As a baby we live for only our basic needs, only what is simple and pure.  We sleep when our body needs rest.  When we need food we make it known, no matter where or when.  Our hearts are open, we are not bitter, we snuggle into the arms that hold us close, we don't judge people based on status, looks, gender, ethnic origin.  Each day is a lifetime, there is no time, there is nothing but that single moment.  We are not able to hurt others.  Life is about making sure our basic needs are met and the rest is about sharing unconditional love.  Even our bodies are natural wonders to us... when was the last time you found your belly button and laughed like you had won the grand prize on some reality show??

Even as a toddler we create our our words and language, naming things as we see it.  We look at everything with natural wonder.  We explore ourselves and our world without boundries, without fear.

From that point I don't think we "forget" all that, I think we are reconditioned to no longer be that way.  We are taught fear, hate, hurt.  We are taught that the world is scary, that many things are acceptable and many more are not.  With caution is how we start to live, how we are taught to love.  Wonder is replaced with caution and fear.  Many of these are instilled in us at such a young age that we really don't know when it started but we know in our minds that for some reason that something is wrong, something it to be feared.  We no longer do what we need at that moment to create a life of happiness but put it off for yet another day.  Obligation is something we are taught, just like the language we speak is no longer correct and we are forced to adapt to a new language which at first is nothing more than words that quickly get used to get what we need.  How many times have you watched a chld ask for something only to be told to say "please"?  Manners are great but are we teaching children to use manners or how to use language and words to get what we want?  Does a 2 year old really know what "please" and "thank you" mean other than that is what I have to say inorder to not be denied?  Really it goes deeper than that, discrimination, hate, inheirant values are placed upon us and years later do we really ever sort thru it all to figure out what can be kept and what has no reason?

Wouldn't it be great to go back to a time when the world was new, you had no fear, the freedom to explore was a drive within you, when the wonders around us didn't have to be disected but were just accepted for the magnificence of what it was?!?  Your prime goal was to find joy and contentment, there was no anticipation, no disapointment, and each moment of joy lasted forever! 

I am trying to figure out how to challenge myself (and you too ;-)) to take a bit of time to forget what we've been taught about this amazing life we have each been given and be childlike (not childish which I think is an attention thing done by kids whose needs are not being met) for some of those remaining moments we have.  Forget obligation, do something from your pure heart, explore a part of your world without prejudgement, be open to the wonders of your life and the life and energy around us!

I'd like to hear your ideas and even more cool would be to hear what you discovered about you and your world when you returned to that childlike state of natural prefection!  Remember... this is a time when there is no "right" or "wrong" and thus it just is... play with it, be open to it, I'll let you know what I came up with later on too!!

I'm excited!!!

I went to church with my friend elo, he is such a kid at heart, it's so funny to watch him play around with the little kids at the church because it's like there's no age difference, it's so sweet though that he has this part of him that has such a playful childlike curiousity about the world, lol, i could sit there and listen to him laughing about the most trivial things, it almost makes me feel young at heart as well. I wish i could go back to being a little kid...... where people didn't take things so personally, forgiveness was automatic, when you made a mistake you could simply shout "do over" and the mistake was erased, laughter was always in the air, there was always a time to have fun, life was so simple back then.................

Oh my!

An interesting pattern has been emerging, not only with the readings I've done in the past but with other issues I've been coming across, including things through Lightworker sites; the subject of playfullness, of child-like wonder, of a "second childhood".

My Dad is 75 and he isn't anywhere near his second childhood! I'm 30 years younger and I've been getting into my 2nd childhood since I was in my early 30's!

So what's the difference?

Well my Dad still believes in things like "being in control" and "being serious" and "being mature" "doing what's right", etc., etc.,you know that story line -I'll bet you do!

I remember watching other parents in the playground with their children as my daughter was growing up...I was the crazy parent on the slide and in the sandbox - not the one watching quietly on the sidelines, not connected, being bored...the one having fun and remembering her own joy while enjoying the playful and imaginative company of her young daughter. Gosh! I realize I was so lucky to have the opportunity to enjoy that, so few even notice! I've learned that wonderful opportunities develop when one takes the time to "notice"!!!

I watch as my daughter takes motherhood so seriously and I just hope she remembers to take the time to thouroughly enjoy her daughter and the special moments that will be encountered as Vanessa grows and develops. And most of all that she remembers that things don't have to be "perfect" to be going well. That what other people think is really of little importance and she should do and be the sort of mother that feels right for her - not some unrealistic and inflexible ideal.

From my perspective, being a grandmother gives me an opportunity to live a third childhood, vicariously through my granddaughter...(already did the second with my daughter...) And that means by the time I get to my Dad's age I could be well into my sixth or so...Now there's a goal worth striving for!

I've heard the term "go forth and multiply" - which really meant , I think... "here is the wonderous earth - go and be creative for you are creative beings and god will relish your creations and revel in your creativity." And intuitively I get the sense I'm close to a basic truth in this...

Children are unabashedly spontaneous and creative...and I think as we age and get past all those "rules" to live up to, "goals" to achieve and "morals" to develop we finally understand what's REALLY important - and it has nothing to do with rules, goals or what we've acquired or acheived...

It has everything to do with the very susbstance of our lives - the depth and breadth of the relationships with people we encounter in our day to day experiences.

It has to do with how we approach things - with the perspectives we use.

And perhaps to some people a "second childhood" means being decrepid, being helpless, wearing diapers...some people won't agree with my perspective - and if I believed a second childhood meant being disconnected from my world I wouldn't like it either - surely I wouldn't aim myself there with such glee!

What do you think about having a second childhood - perhaps you have a different perspective?

What's wrong with being playful anyway - is it a crime? (some work environments could stand a good dose of sensible, practical playfullness!)

That....then...would be ....just another perspective...wouldn't it?

Live, Love, Laugh and.......BE happy!