When kids are very young, the world is so new and exciting. \u00a0Kids \u00a0are so curious. \u00a0They want to explore and see and understand everything. \u00a0And when they first start school, it is so much fun. \u00a0Learning is what they want to do. \u00a0 They practically shout “Teach me!”<\/p>\n
So what happens? \u00a0By the time we are adults, we seem to have internalized so many “No” and “Don’t do that” statements that we no longer even wonder about things. \u00a0We become afraid. \u00a0We lose the innocent, wide-eyed wonder with which we are born. \u00a0We become accustomed to day to day monotony…same foods, same routine, same old, same old. \u00a0Some of this is perhaps necessary, but what happens to \u00a0the imagination and creativity that God gives us when he forms us? \u00a0Why are we so inquisitive and excited about life as kids, and so boring and even cynical as adults??<\/p>\n
As I ponder this, I think that maybe it is the adults in the world that do this to the kids. \u00a0 As the ones “in charge” we do make a lot of rules. \u00a0Some are necessary because of safety, of course. \u00a0But many are just for our convenience. \u00a0Many are because of our fears, accumulated along the way. \u00a0We all have baggage and we pass it on to the next generation…and the next…and the next.<\/p>\n
There, of course, are always a few adults who think “outside the box.” \u00a0Often they are ridiculed. \u00a0But some change the world! Surely, there should be more of these people. \u00a0But they are not usually rule followers.<\/p>\n
Don’t get me wrong….I am not against all rules. \u00a0There are just so many of them! \u00a0When I think of the beginning of human society ….all the way back to the original creation….. Adam and Eve were initially saddled with only one rule. \u00a0We were told to explore and rule over the entire planet and we were given only one rule.<\/p>\n
Then when Christ came, He again took us back to simplicity with just 2 rules. \u00a0Love God first and then your neighbor. \u00a0It is because we don’t want to follow those 2 rules, that we need to make so many others. \u00a0And with many rules, our lives become filled with so many “NO” and “Don’t do that” barriers….and we become adults. \u00a0I think we should study the children around us. \u00a0Then we should try to rediscover the child in us. \u00a0We can learn from kids and we need to try to avoid turning them into us.<\/p>\n
May we all become as little children, at least in our ability to wonder and enjoy and trust. \u00a0Children shout “Life”. \u00a0They love adventure! \u00a0I don’t think I like adults so much!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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