Child;

There's something really amazing about going back to your childhood. I highly recommend that people do it frequently, through whatever means necessary. Coloring is possibly the simplest means of that 'kid again' feeling. Movies are another great way. I absolutely adore Disney movies, shows from when I was a kid, etc. etc. There's something really special about remembering that time in your life--when things didn't matter as much, when you had less responsibilities, when you were as close to care-free as you've ever been. It's amazing how, when you look back, everything has changed. In my life, anyway. Things used to be simple. Everything was a good thing, new and improved in some fashion. I'd only been around on planet earth for a few years, so why wouldn't it be? Even the bad stuff was minor, it bounced off in a heartbeat. But as I grew up, I started to take all of the good stuff for granted. All of the simplicity that once amazed me was merely expectation. And so I ran out of positive to find, and the negative seemed plentiful. It still does. I mean, as anyone else, I expect life to be good. We have this foolish belief that normal means things are good, that we're happy, that everything is just fine. We've developed this concept of 'fair' in life, the belief that things are supposed to be good. And so comes the common misconception that life isn't fair. Just because things don't always go our way. That's not right, at all. The reason we lost what we had as kids is because we have been around too long. We've learned from others who have already forgotten the beauty of the everyday. Their influence allowed us to do the same. And now we're all pessimists of varying degrees, each expecting life to disappoint because what we believe should be is entirely unrealistic. That's why it's so important to remind ourselves of that time, when there was plenty of good and the bad didn't matter. Shoot, maybe if we acted like children more often we'd be a little more content with our lives. But we all do what we do, growing, maturing and the like--we find a way to have fun...new ways to have fun. Partying, for the most part. That's the killer, there. But hey, who are we to fight the destiny of your average human being, eh?