Be like a child

Great and interesting discussion, cdparazo! I agree with you that there is a child in every body. I also agree to other responders that while being an adult, it's not really easy to behave like a child owing to different reasons, problems and responsibilities. But I know that one can do it being just with family and very close friends especially when children are still younger; and my wife and I have been doing it ever since we are married. I think husband and wife can trust each other and it's not a problem between them to share as they like. We have shared many things in the most child like way. I love my wife asking something like a child and me replying back yet again as a child. After our son was born this january, We often played with him just being children ourselves, doing the most funniest things that a child can do and I know that we have both enjoyed a lot, as well as our son, because he used to see us in a strange way as if asking us, "what happened to you two, I am the child, not you" LOL. I think this is the beauty of a family that there is no shyness, no hesitation and decorum of expression. they have flown back to our home country for some time and I really miss those moments. I am terribly waiting to see them both to enjoy my life once again. I can say with confidence that being a child myself with my family, gave me unprecedented bliss that I can count on as happy memories for the rest of my life. Thanks for your discussion cdparazo, and thanks for providing me with the opportunity to express some of the best moments of my life:-)

Being carefree! That is what I like in a child. My friend and I would often reminisce about the days when we were much younger and we did not have any care in the world. The worries were taken care of by our parents and all we had to do was to play and go to school. Those were the days that cannot be recaptured anymore but which I would like to experience from time to time.

children for once do not regard each other with suspicion that adult do. There was a time when my kid sister has a quarrel with her friend which lead to them fighting and kicking each other, and before you could say jack robinson there they are playing with each other again as if nothing happened. I think we should learn how to forgive like them and move on with our lives

Hi there. Maybe what I wanted to have from the children are there quality of easily forgetting the things that had happened or way of forgiving others. What I meant is they can easily forgive their enemies. Maybe this morning they become enemies but later in the afternoon you will see them playing together. For grown up like us, it will be different and sometimes will take a longer time to forgive because of our pride.

You are right.Somehow, no matter how matured we are, feeling old as we are,but then, we need to be a child to become more healthy and happy of the life we have.

My husband and I have made the decision not to have children as we feel it's not practical at our age to start a family now. I do love kids and have always had young babies around since I was very young myself as my mother has been a childminder for over 35 years. I get on very easily with kids of all ages and babies take to me very easily because I think they can relate to me as I'm a big baby myself. I cry very easily - like babies do, I love laughing - like babies do, I have a very sensitive stomach - like babies do, shall I go on? LOL! I think the thing that we lose as we "grow up" is the ability to laugh as much as we do as kids. Laughter really is good for the soul and as adults we don't do enough of it. I know people I've known since childhood who I remember laughing with till we cried as silly things we used to do. Now those people have wrinkles from all the stress of every day life and barely even smile let alone laugh anymore. Everyone let go, laugh a little, laugh a lot. It takes years off you! x

definately being a child is a boon, but our conditioning have made us serious and very egoistic. we have a lot to learn from children. they can inspire us in all ways. u know children do not rank their friends as we do as good or bad, they just play with all, fight and at once get together and start playing again.

I love little children coz they are very humble and easily persuaded to do good. They have this tendency to quarrel a lot but they just easily make friends with each other and thats one thing adults should be also. we tend to have a sense of too pride in us that we end up not being friends with each other after quarrels or misunderstandings.

I agree that being child like sometimes can really make us happy. There's no happiness comparable to that one. however, some people [ehem bitter people ha ha] don't like it when other human are doing this. They even criticize you for being like that. you just want to be happy and they will just say that? why not be infected with the happiness I felt instead of just being bitter ha ha.

The childlike qualities are with every one but to live like a child, is not possible, because in our life time, we have to face hardships, agonies,serious issues, diseases, deaths, sorrows, loses, expectations,and all that which is in our destiny, it is wonderful to feel like child, but impossible task

I agree with you when you say that children inspire us as much as we inspire them. Children are innocent, speak their hearts,forgiving and loyal. If we can emulate that we would be like a child too.