#childlikemind

Coming out of darkness I find myself wondering. I find myself wondering how it is I have reached this part of my life. I remember as a child these arguments still happened, the drama still existed yet it didn’t have the same effect on me emotionally. As if somewhere within me I knew things would work out. Somewhere along the road I lost that hope. Somewhere down the journey that is my life I started hosting doubt, no longer having that ignorant optimism. I grew up it’s obvious as we grow we see our limitations we start picking and choosing how to best utilize everything. It makes sense growing is very important for us. But there is a beautiful peace to a child like ignorance.

The eyes of a child are not tainted by the negativity that plagues our world. I am not just referring to losing or feeling pain, but the negativity of everyone telling them that they can’t do something. When we are young our parents tell us we can do anything. Yet somehow we learn that we can’t do much of anything because it is beyond our limitations. It is important to remember where we came from, where that child who would climb to the top of a play structure and leap off went. Now I am by no means telling you to not care about anything and just do what you want. The world can’t quiet look like that but we need to lose this illusion that ignorance is not something to be proud of.

If I could go back to before my life turn the way it has I wouldn’t because those experiences made me, but if I could have that hope, faith, and belief that everything was going to be fine no matter the situation I would in a heartbeat. A world where possibilities are endless, despite being proven differently we rise again to charge forward. A world where our only opposition is what people say we can’t do, not what we believe we cannot do.

It may seem silly but it is what I honestly wish could be the case. Finally a child like mind is open, the knowledge they can absorb is endless they see both sides of an argument as valid and sound in their own right. There is no right and wrong just two different pieces of knowledge that they can take and cultivate. The bible even touches on having the mind of a child.

Matthew 18.3

And he said: "Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.”

I don’t know about you or whether you will agree with me. I do know I will be aiming for a more open and child like mind in the future.

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