All your life you want so many things. There have been times when we have wanted crazy things like may be the moon... I remember as a kid, I wanted to go out and help the construction workers build the house.... crazy idea even to think about it now. Then there have been times when in the middle of the night I have wanted to go out and eat a bucketful of chocolate strawberry ice cream all by myself until I hit my teens.... and then suddenly, ice-cream and chocolates were poison. Suddenly, I found, I was trying hard to be part of this group of girls in my high school, who claimed hey were the coolest. When I was not a part of that group or the geeks, I became withdrawn. Until I got into my twenties.
When we grow older, something in us grows cold. There is a warmth that dies away. You try to look back at and hear a cold sigh... ahh, the crazy things that you did and thought as a child, and it is hard to get a glimpse of it not to say the vision becomes hazy. As kids, simple things like watching a Tom and Jerry cartoon used to bring smiles to our faces. As we grow older, vicious gossip makes us happy. Seeing someone fall down on the ice makes u suddenly snicker. In other words, instead of enjoying simple pleasures of life and little things in the world making us happy, we become more vicious. What creates this bitterness in man ?
As little children we are made to believe there are certain things that are good and certain things that are bad. As we grow older, we realize there is no black and white. There lie shades of gray everywhere. If only the shades of gray could vanish, and I could see the world in black and white, I think the world will be such a better place to live in. If only I could find that missing child in me.......
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yo kidy...
start watching Tim and Jerry again, the CHILD will wake up sooner than u realize :)
welcome to the world of writing and expressing yourself :)
I do agree that people change as they grow older - but I also believe that there is always a black and white - you may not act on it - but your moral compass always knows when you are doing something wrong ..
Often times I have wished that everyone would be given pinnochios curse - that the minute they lie or do something wrong - their nose grows bigger. That way people could see their face in the mirror in the morning and be ashamed of themselves if they had done bad.
That way you could know how good/bad a person is just by looking at their nose. Ha! I wonder how long would my nose have been .......
Good job writing though - always value expression more than technicality or structure. I see that virtue in your writing - keep it that way - you will stay sincere - and it leaps out at you.
well,,, that is true but why then is the moral compass for everyone different? If it was black and white,, wouldn't the moral compass for everyone point in the same direction? Assuming there is only one black and white. Why then the pedophiles and rapists in this world roam freely while the orphans and women are left to suffer? May be something to think about. Is everyone born with a moral compass? How do we obtain one? If there are many, whose is the best?
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