Keeping the child within us alive!
The other day, I was at the park with my 6-year-old daughter. There were some youngsters who might have been in their 20s, who wanted to swing and they did try. However, immediately came a security guard and said “ ये बच्चे के वास्ते है ”, which translates to “This is meant for kids”. The youngsters immediately fled that scene.
I felt a little sad for them. On one hand, we say “Keep the child within alive” whereas I notice that the world is really not willing to let that aspect of ours come alive or there are not enough safe spaces where the child within could really come alive. And that got me thinking. So I dug deeper.
What does it mean to be a child?
There are many many many aspects of being a kid like — being silly, being forgiving, being curious-questioning everything, being in the present, not operating from any judgements or biases, laughing out loud, their energy, their mischief, explorative and experimenting in nature etc.
However, if you ask me to choose the top 3 of these, it would be to
- Being in the moment, living in the present.
- Being curious, questioning everything.
- Being explorative and experimenting in nature.
