I have been sitting here thinking about how easy life is when you are a kid. How the whole world can just reboot if you want it to. It is amazing how as children, we are not afraid to jump off a high stoop or to run with the wind as far as it will carry us. How we find wonder and amazement in...well....everything. When do we get to old for that? We all know age is just a number. The thing is for some of us, that part gets lost along the way.
I, myself, am an almost 40 year old woman. I know, that is not all that bad and truly young. It has also been easy to think of 40 as young due to a quote I used to describe myself since I was about 16. "I may have to grow old...but I plan to remain childish forever."
This is really how I feel inside. I still feel like that little girl chasing butterflies, swinging a baseball bat, running without much care. Spending endless days swimming and loving being in the water more than being on land. I miss heading home to put on headphones and blasting Duran Duran and Madonna.
Of course, as we grow older, we obtain responsibility and life takes over. But why...why do we have to stop chasing butterflies, swinging that baseball bat, swimming everyday or running without care?
I love the way I feel inside. I love that I can still be a child. I love that I have found that if you believe you young...you can and will be. I will now use this feeling to get in shape and create a new me. I will take time to renew my soul and give back to myself a little every day. I will renew my faith in God, the world and humanity. I will not be afraid to take on new challenges. I can do whatever I want and all it takes is to be that little girl again...chasing butterflies.
As you go on with the rest of your day, remember...you too may have to grow old, but there is a little boy or girl inside you who is always willing to come out and play. EMBRACE THAT!
