This statement takes my thinking back to the days when we were toddlers, so innocent and naïve to what was happening in the big big world around us, yet quite content and happy with ourselves!
Watching my younger cousins I see how carefree and fearless they were when they were toddlers. They did things that we would not dare to do the older we became because we are too afraid!
They will play with any kid that comes their way – as long as the friend is willing and able, it’s game on! The older we get the wearier we become of people; you see a rough looking bloke walking towards you and immediately you shift your handbag tighter under your arm and you increase your pace.
Kids love to share! It’s very rare that you will find a kid that doesn’t like to give of her sweets (but only to her best friend of cause!). The older we become, it becomes more difficult to give something away so easily.
Stopping at a robot, you’re so sceptical to give the beggar a measly R5 because you’re so scared that he might buy some cheap bottle of wine instead of a loaf of bread!
With that also comes the fact that kids will not say no when it comes to yummy treats (as much as we teach them to not take things from strangers, they always seem to manage to slip-up once in a while when the craving has spoken!). I think of that at my age; when being offered a drink in a club, I am always afraid about who’s buying it and who’s pouring it and my eyes are on my glass until the last sip!
So are we afraid of the wrong things? I don’t think so hey. Unfortunately the older we become the more we realise that we cannot live in our little happy bubble as the world is not that safe happy place it was when we were playing with our friends in the pre-school playground.
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