The world through a child's eyes.

One of the things I love most about children is their outlook on the world. I love how kids always see the good in people, and the good in the world. As adults we have a different outlook on the world and the people in it. People are cynical and wait for the bad to come out of others. We expect the worst and grumble about it when it comes. Kids on the other hand see the best in people. They seek out and define people by their goodness and good deeds. Kids kind of see the world with rose colored glasses, to be cliche. They believe that their parents are flawless perfect people and want to be just like them when they grow up. They believe in Santa and the Tooth Fairy. They are innocent and the innocence of a child is a beautiful thing. They are carefree and not concerned with the National debt, the conflict in the Middle East or how we are gonig to pay the bills this month. The great thing about that is that none of those things are their concern. Their concern is playing with friends outside and what mom's going to make for lunch today. They are more concerned that the peanut butter is crunchy than where it came from or who paid for it or the long hours dad puts in to blah blah blah. Children should not be concerned with the everyday affairs of adulthood.

Unfortunatly there is going to come a time in the life of every child where a piece of that innocence in taken away from them. By someone who tells them that it's their mom and dad who put the dollar under the pillow not the tooth fairy. Or when they actually see and comprehend people hurting other people. Slowly as they grow they will lose that beautiful innocence that children posses. Some will be stripped away from them and they will chose to lose the rest. That is the truth about adulthood, as we get older our responsibilities become greater and more people depend on us. Dont get me wrong, I love adulthood and all the responsibilities that come with it. I love my wife and my life, I love everything about it. There is just something special about being a child that should be left as long as possible

So let your kids be carefree, let them run around outside all day and be responsible for nothing. Let them see the best in EVERYONE. Let them think that their dad really is a superhero and that no other dad is better than theirs. Leave your bad opinions and bad attitudes about others and the world at the door when you come home and marvel at how wonderful the life of a carefree child is.