A strange question, isn’t it? I assume that everybody who is reading this is reasonably old, so you all might find the topic amusing. We are so preoccupied with going to college, having a good job and getting married that we forget what it was like when we were younger. I often wonder what it would have been like if I could’ve kept a diary throughout my early childhood. Its contents would be priceless.

Nevertheless, people tend to reminisce over the old times only when they have figured how much simpler life was then. Well, I am tired of reminiscing about it and I want to know why! What factors are trying to kill the child in us? Could it be that the evil government doesn’t want a bunch of prejudice-free creatures to roam around and play hide-and-seek all of their lives, or have we created a place where our own ambition to evolve will not let us see a simpler version of us? Maybe we are just plain evil. In either case, let’s look at what exactly we lose.

Innocence. That’s a big one. People would often use it as the main thing much separates grown-ups from children. Isn’t it weird how it has a hint of “guilt” to it? Does reaching adolescence and doing all of those nasty things deprive us from our innocence? I beg to differ.

See, what I think is that we have no control over our sexual thoughts and curiosity. So, when parents are spying for porn on their child’s computer, they are going against nature. Pretty bold statement I know. But do you know what causes sexual thoughts (and this might be a real shocker)? Having a sex organ!!! No sins involved, no porn-site blockers and certainly no guilt. So, that cute child that you have been admiring so much might just be humping a pillow when nobody’s looking.

Carelessness. When we are young, we just don’t care for a lot of things, except playing games and pretending to be innocent in order to get candy. But everything starts to get complicated when we grow up. Play time turns into quality time, financial freedom and vacations. We just have to have thousands of opinions, profound thoughts about life and an identity. “Establishing your identity” – what a messed up phrase. Would establishing my identity make me unique, or is it just going to pin me to a category, neatly featured in a weekly magazine:

“Ocean Vice has been identified to be a person without an identity! Laugh at that unidentifiable freak! Next Week: 101 Ways to Obtain Financial Freedom”

Our toys get bigger; we can now drive to our playgrounds and maybe even organize a massive sleep over after drinking some Cool Aid! Fun!

Imagination. When we are young we can do whatever we want. In a grown up world however, we have to look and search for imagination in songs, movies and books. It turns up when people have deep late night conversations, or when they are high. Somehow, it’s hard to live in imagination land, when everything around has been made to get you away from the real you. Like shopping malls and stuff. So, even if you want to dream about a better world — you can’t, because you are already asleep in what you think is reality, but in actuality, it is a dream that you are already living in. If you read it twice it will make even less sense.

So, in conclusion I would like to say that the only thing that we lose when we grow up is the ability to see and feel things as they truly are, without letting our own insecurities get in the way. We cannot remain children forever, but at least we can stop surrounding ourselves with useless junk and see the real picture. I like this topic so I will explore it more. What do you think?

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