to live like children

Some days when I am feeling overwhelmed by all that life entails I just want to stop and do something childlike. A day with no plans is a wonderful day indeed. Take a walk, ride a bike, run in the rain, make cookies and baby chocolate cakes in an Easy Bake Oven, and lemonade, even mud pies, skate with actual skates (not roller blades, play with click-clacks or sit-n-spin or spirograph, run after the ice cream truck, make Shrinky-Dinks, run under a sprinkler... all so much better than dealing with traffic, work, the personalities at work, the news and the stress of world events, especially considering that our commander in cheif is the right-winged redneck George W Bush... don't get me started. I get depressed just watching the news since there is never anything good going on, so I haven't watched the news for years, it's better for me. I don't need to hear networks perpetuating fear and frustration. No wonder we have road rage, trapped on a crowded highway, time running out, listening to someone go on and on and on about one thing or another going wrong... and then repeating it every 20 minutes! Why don't we as adults play hookie more often? A pick up game in the park, a picnic with friends, or just to lay down under a shade tree on a sunny day and read a book. While childhoods may not have been perfect, being childlike (not in the Michael Jackson way) is in so many ways better for the soul. Let's face it, in today's world of hurry up and wait, we all need a mental health day once in awhile to live like children. What would you do if you were going to live one day childlike? Plan to do it soon. Life is short, enjoy it while you can.