Should I post this under Life Lessons? No, I want to post it here. I want it here because these are lessons realized, learned, and shared by someone else, someone I respect: Paulo Coelho.
Isn't it great to be happy for no reason? It is. But we, adults, always find a reason to be happy and more often than not, we rely on other people to give us happiness. One thing I learned in life, we have to be content to be happy. We have to be true to ourselves to be happy. We have to love ourselves, not necessarily more than we love others, to be happy.
To be always curious. Yes, children are curious and they just don't care about the consequences of their actions. I call that spontaneity. As an adult, it's not always a good thing, lol, but it can be real fun to just poke at things, unturn some hidden stones, break a rule, ahhh, this is endless....But we are adults, and we need to learn and be responsible for our actions. Sometimes, curiosity just doesn't cut it.
To fight tirelessly for something. Kids are stubborn, and most of the times they don't understand what "give way" means. Oftentimes they wail and fight tirelessly over something without realizing that these things can be bad for them. But again, kids are spontaneous, they don't stop and think whether doing something can hurt them or whether saying something can hurt others. They just do it. That's how kids are.
Sometimes I wish I were a kid again. Sometimes I wish I could go back to that time when I don't have a care in the world, when I don't think but I just do because it gives me pleasure...When I can laugh out loud and not care if I offend someone, when I can howl no end because I want something and I can't have it, when I can be honest with whatever I say and not feed bad about it....
Ahhhh, to be a kid and be loved and pampered and cared for.... I miss being a kid.
I am a wife, mother, daughter, sister, friend, career woman. On the side, I am a coloring enthusiast, trying hard gardener, struggling health buff, neophyte scrapbooker, nonprofessional blogger, tree hugger, and a lot more. Welcome to my quiet, unpretentious nook in cyberspace, the place where I translate nonspecific, personal, and sometimes inane thoughts into words, express my (in)significant views on things, document my stories of (mis)adventures and reflect and talk about life in general.
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