Those were the days..............
By vega83
@vega83 (6342)
Bahrain
March 7, 2007 5:18am CST
we all know, once those days are gone, they won't come back. The carefreeness, the carelessness, the freedom of being a child never returns, when all you have to worry about is your homework, and most kids don't worry about that either, their parents do all the worrying for them. Of course you can still keep the child alive within you, i know i still have.
So did you make the most of your childhood, when you had the chance, in that short period of time, did you climb trees, play hide and seek, play dress up, explore nature, go into that house everyone says was haunted. hOOOOOOOO!!!!
well let me tell you, i think i made the most out of my childhood, i tried everything i came across, yes i did visit that haunted house, climbed trees, tried different games, tried my best to discover the nature around me, made friends, i still make the most of my childhood although i'm not a child anymore, i have little cousins, and i love playing hide and seek, dress up, coloring the color books with them, of course i do also have responsibilities of an adult, but i do admire myself for keeping the inner child thriving.
So did you make the most of your childhood and is that child still alive in you?
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@sneezeklenex (344)
• United States
7 Mar 07
Yes I still have the inner child within me, but the adult has to come out and ruin things sometimes! LOL ;o)
@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
7 Mar 07
Your post makes me feel nostalgic.
I have never grown up, yet I feel very old. What do you make of that?
*sniff*
@vega83 (6342)
• Bahrain
7 Mar 07
hmmmm.....sounds real philosophical, i guess you were probably a daydreamer as a kid and always dreaming of what it's like being a grown up, and now that you are you think about what it's like being very old.
Enjoy the moment, whereever you are in your life, but i can kinda understand what you feel, sometimes i feel i haven't grown up either, atleast that's what people keep telling me, and yet i think i have so less time to do the things i want.
@recycledgoth (9894)
•
7 Mar 07
It seems that the older I get the more I hark back to my childhood. I spent so many wonderful days in the sun, playing without a care in the world, enjoying myself with my friends and having fun. I do still miss those days even now, and although I am old enough to know better the inner child still comes out to play now and again
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@lalitha55 (193)
• India
7 Mar 07
I think I enjoyed childhood to the full. The school I went to had a huge tamrind tree and a mango tree on whose branches we used to sit and watch nature while we ate our lunch. There were different kinds of cultural and sports activities too in which I took part without fail. And I too like you get nostalgic when I see children around and so I play with them as a child would and seek my loct childhood with them.
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@alfonseelric (894)
• Malaysia
7 Mar 07
Yeah.Life change but memories remain. I still remember when my friends and I tried playing something like OUIJA board after school hours and those days when we play tricks to our 'enemy'.And those days.....
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@dua_zehra (60)
• Pakistan
7 Mar 07
yes , i have enjoyed my childhood with fun . i was scolded by my teachers when i was in school becoz i was the naughtiest girl of the class i used to hide in washrooms with my frnds n my teachers were always in search of us ..whenever i went out for picnics with parents i used to ran without telling them
even today i cant handle myself i think a child in me can never die...
@greengal (4286)
• United States
7 Mar 07
I'm so like you vega, I was very naughty as a child and I have some very fond special memories of my childhood. I don't think I will ever grow up. Even today small things fascinate me. Now that is one part of me and on the other side I'm mature and as somebody put it "wise beyond my years":) It's nice to keep the innerchid alive in us, only then can we break from the monotony and seriousness of adult life. We can then loosen up and enjoy life. I'm sure each of us have our child instincts but a few show it and others don't. My hubby sometimes tells me "grow up" especially when I behave kiddishly LOL
@vega83 (6342)
• Bahrain
8 Mar 07
i've always thought that the people who keep their inner child alive are so full of life, and so much fun to be around. The problem is that people tend to incorporate all the negativities of adulthood like extreme seriousness and no fun attitude, and they don't wanna try anything new, whereas you can keep those traits of a hopeful, cheerful, eager to learn child but still have the maturity, responsibility and reliability of an adult, it's about taking the best of both worlds and incorporating it in yourself to make a better person, and to tell you the truth i don't really know what the phrase 'grow up' means, i mean what do people actually attempt to tell us when they say that?
