Day 037:
Being the eldest of 7, with our youngest being 2 years old, I have a firm belief that children are the secret to long life. The notion of traveling off to distant shores to look for the fabled fountain of youth is absurd, not because the fountain may not exist (thus making the trip a complete waste of resources), but because a potent alternative right at home. Of course, I don't refer to eating them, or drinking their blood as an elixir. But, spend an afternoon with children in uninhibited imaginative play... and you'll see.
As you release yourself from the difficult confines of adult expectations, you'll see why children find everything so wonderful. Even repetition is a novel experience for them. (That's why jokes work best on children.. they're not afraid to laugh.) A toy car is a car. But it can also be a police car. It can also be a superhero transforming car! It can also be the last family racing away from a zombie attack! A bed is a comfortable place to sleep in. It's also a warzone, with pillows being sandbags! It's also an abundant landscape where ponies and horses roam free. It's also the skies where the back of an adult can be transformed into an airplane soaring high! Nothing is impossible for children.
I feel... and firmly believe... that if adults learned more from children, rather than forcing the opposite... then our world would be less stressed, less oppressive, and much more fun to live in.
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