Seeing The Inner Child In Everyone.

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pass by unremarked, my inner child spoke up and resorted to caveman speak. T, not missing a beat followed suit.It’s a snapshot of a moment where two men fighting off being too old, recognize their inner child making an appearance. With clear understanding between them, the two grown men with a whole wide world of weighty responsibility on their shoulders choose to play silly.Why?Because under the grey hairs, stiff joints and sore backs, we are still just boys that like playing in the woods and the water. It’s the ingrained emotional memories of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn. The days of old when supper was finished and we dashed outside to meet up with the neighbor kids. Gathering together on our way to get lost in the forest of make believe soldiers and woodsmen. Building long guns with elastic ammunition and winding together willow bows, we’d play until the stars in the dusky sky became the blinking signs telling us to head home.I can’t speak for women but I can attest to men seeing the inner child come out as readily as turning

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the tap on for a drink of cool water at the end of a hose on a hot summer’s day.In this big old world filled with all our serious problems and concerns, it’s imperative that we still remain young. That we recognize we are still connected to a sense of possibilities, imagination and wonder. To play and despite everything tempting us to stay distracted and triggered, to have some damn, foolish fun.It’s good medicine, even if only by the spoonful’s.My personal advice? While we see the world for what it is and what it takes to survive in it, don’t forget to don the silly glasses. Look at the actions of others behaving “oddly” around you, not as fools or idiots, but rather as foolish and fun.Laugh easily. See the spirit of play. Take a moment to do things that offer nothing constructive to the world. Be foolish. Be silly. Keep the kid inside alive. If you make another soul smile or laugh, then it’s a bonus. What’s the worst that could happen? No one laughs with you? Then laugh for yourself. It still feels good.</article></body>

Text message exchange Monday night June 14, 2021

T=my former construction colleague, and long-time family friend. 50+years old

M=me. 48 years old.

T-“Hey bud, let’s go fishing some weekend. I bring camper.”

M-“I bring tent. Me like ground.”

T-“You can sleep under canopy if like”

M-“Lol. Me have tarp too.”

Rather than let a grammatical error pass by unremarked, my inner child spoke up and resorted to caveman speak. T, not missing a beat followed suit.

It’s a snapshot of a moment where two men fighting off being too old, recognize their inner child making an appearance. With clear understanding between them, the two grown men with a whole wide world of weighty responsibility on their shoulders choose to play silly.

Why?

Because under the grey hairs, stiff joints and sore backs, we are still just boys that like playing in the woods and the water. It’s the ingrained emotional memories of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn. The days of old when supper was finished and we dashed outside to meet up with the neighbor kids. Gathering together on our way to get lost in the forest of make believe soldiers and woodsmen. Building long guns with elastic ammunition and winding together willow bows, we’d play until the stars in the dusky sky became the blinking signs telling us to head home.

I can’t speak for women but I can attest to men seeing the inner child come out as readily as turning the tap on for a drink of cool water at the end of a hose on a hot summer’s day.

In this big old world filled with all our serious problems and concerns, it’s imperative that we still remain young. That we recognize we are still connected to a sense of possibilities, imagination and wonder. To play and despite everything tempting us to stay distracted and triggered, to have some damn, foolish fun.

It’s good medicine, even if only by the spoonful’s.

My personal advice? While we see the world for what it is and what it takes to survive in it, don’t forget to don the silly glasses. Look at the actions of others behaving “oddly” around you, not as fools or idiots, but rather as foolish and fun.

Laugh easily. See the spirit of play. Take a moment to do things that offer nothing constructive to the world. Be foolish. Be silly. Keep the kid inside alive. If you make another soul smile or laugh, then it’s a bonus. What’s the worst that could happen? No one laughs with you? Then laugh for yourself. It still feels good.