My Wish

Today, I was watching Mary Poppins and Mary Poppins Returns with my wife and I found myself thinking about things I never ever thought to think of. Things that I never considered because, growing up, these things sort of get taught out of you by the academic system or “societal norms” discourage them.

I don’t know when or how I lost the feeling of being a child. I don’t remember when the excitement for things like going to play soccer or baseball stopped. I can’t recall when I stopped believing that things would always work out or having an imagination that took me to the most wonderful of places.

I am well aware that I am not the only one this has ever happened to and I know that I am not the only one noticing it. When did society decide that this was OK? When and why did I allow society to tell me what was and wasn’t fun? I don’t know. What I do know is that I don’t have to let it keep being this way and neither do you.

Remembering what was fun isn’t easy. Nor is remembering how to have fun. I can’t remember what it was like to be a child, but I know that I want to remember. I used to love playing sports outside. I used to love getting together with friends and doing things like going for bike rides, building forts, playing board games, legos, and all that other cool stuff that society tells us you can be too old to do.

What are some things that you used to love doing but things like “responsibilities,” or “bills,” people telling you “you’re too old to be doing that stuff,” got in the way of? Share them in the comments. Maybe together, we can bring our inner child back to life!