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Give yourself a gold star for everything you do today. Dot all your "i" 's with smiley faces Sing into your hairbrush Grow a milk mustache Smile back at the man in the moon Read the funnies then throw the rest of the paper away Dunk your cookies Ask somebody if their refrigerator is running Play a game where you make up the rules as you go along Order with eyes that are bigger than your stomach Pretend your bread rolls are tap dancing Step carefully over sidewalk cracks Change into some play clothes Try to get someone to trade you a better sandwich Have a staring contest with your cat Eat ice cream for breakfast Kiss a frog just in case Give someone a "Hug-around-the-neck" Blow the wrapper off a straw Refuse to eat crusts Make a face the next time somebody tells you "no" Watch TV in your pajamas Ask "Why?" a lot Make graham-cracker-and-frosting sandwiches Believe in fairy tales Have someone read you a story Eat dessert first Sneak some frosting off a cake Refuse to back down in a "did vs. did-not argument" Do a cartwheel Hide your vegetables under your napkin Stay up past your bedtime Whatever you're doing, stop once in a while for recess Wear red gym shoes Make a "slurpy" sound with your straw when you get to the bottom of a milkshake Sit really still for as long as the dog is asleep in your lap Put way too much sugar on your cereal Play a song you like really loud, over and over Find some pretty stones and save them Let the string all the way out on your kite Stick your head out the car window and moo if you see a cow Walk barefoot in wet grass Giggle at nude statues in a museum Make cool screeching noises every time you turn a corner Count the colors in a rainbow Fuss a little, then take a nap Take a running jump over a big puddle Eat dinner at the coffee table Giggle a lot for no real reason Make a clover chain for someone you really "like-like" Stir ice-cream flavors together Do that "tap someone on the shoulder while you stand on their other side and they turn around and no one's there" thing Enjoy your all time favorite candy bar (Forget you've heard of calories!) Wear a ball cap backwards Go to the zoo Say "duh" when stuff is obvious Throw something and when it lands make a cool exploding bomb noise Put an orange slice in your mouth, peel side out, and smile at people Try to eat all the chocolate off a peanut butter cup Every time someone says "See you later" say "Not if I see you first" or "Thanks for the warning" then laugh real hard Whistle the theme from your favorite TV show all day Help your salt-and-pepper shakers talk to each other in high, squeaky voices Remember to say your prayers Squish some mud between your toes Stay up late watching scary movies Ride a roller coaster two times in a row Sing the "I see London, I see France" song Eat peanut butter straight out of the jar Write your sweetie's initials in a chalk heart on the sidewalk Wave to the engineer Make a smiley face with your bacon and eggs Run through the sprinkler with all your clothes on Lick all the ice cream out of an ice cream sandwich before you eat the sandwich part Look down as you walk and hope to find money Catch lightning bugs in a jar and make a lantern Practice whistling through your teeth Eat cereal any ol' time of the day you feel like it Wear a bubble gum cigar ring Watch a lot of TV and don't feel guilty about it Skip a stone across a pond Make somebody laugh just when they start to drink something Eat just the chocolate stripe out of your Neapolitan ice cream Ask to be excused Chew bubble gum Spin the stem of an apple to see what letter it comes out on Start thinking now about what you want for your next birthday Sing to yourself all day Talk to your invisible friend Play with your younger sibling's toys Stick your hand in the fish bowl, try to catch one... Draw a gang of "stick-figure" persons, and call it your family!!! Color in your favorite coloring book with your really cool box of 144 crayons with the neato crayon sharpener Finger-paint and make a really big mess Buy pajamas with feet Get the giggles and laugh until it hurts Make your own special hideout with a sheet draped over two chairs Shout do-over when something doesn't go quite right Try to get the truck driver to blow the horn by making arm movements Rollerskate in your friend's basement Lay down at the top of a hill and roll down it until you get to the very bottom Balance yourself on the edge of the curb like you are a tight-rope walker, or pretend like the ground is hot lava Play "aliens are attacking" with a frisbee Drink water and act intoxicated Ask for money when you hear the icecream man's music playing from his cart Circle everything in the toy section of a Sears catolog for what you want for Christmas Play cops and robbers on your bike with a friend |
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To Whom It May Concern: I hereby officially tender my resignation as an adult. I have decided I would like to accept the responsibilities of a 6 year old again. I want to go to McDonald's and think that it's a four star restaurant. I want to sail sticks across a fresh mud puddle and make ripples with rocks. I want to think M&Ms are better than money, because you can eat them. I want to play kickball during recess and paint with watercolors in art. I want to lie under a big Oak tree and run a lemonade stand with my friends on a hot summers' day. I want to return to a time when life was simple. When all you knew were colors, addition tables and simple nursery rhymes, but that didn't bother you, because you didn't know what you didn't know and you didn't care. When all you knew was to be happy because you didn't know all the things that should make you worried and upset. I want to think that the world is fair. That everyone in it is honest and good. I want to believe that anything is possible. Somewhere in my youth ... I matured and I learned too much. I learned of nuclear weapons, war, prejudice, starvation and abused children. I learned of lies, unhappy marriages, suffering, illness, pain and death. I learned of a world where men left their families to go and fight for our country, and returned only to end up living on the streets ... begging for their next meal. I learned of a world where children knew how to kill ... and did!! What happened to the time when we thought that everyone would live forever, because we didn't grasp the concept of death? When we thought the worst thing in the world was if someone took the jump rope from you or picked you last for kickball? I want to be oblivious to the complexity of life and be overly excited by little things once again. I want to return to the days when reading was fun and music was clean. When television was used to report the news or for family entertainment and not to promote sex, violence and deceit. I remember being naive and thinking that everyone was happy because I was. I would walk on the beach and only think of the sand between my toes and the prettiest seashell I could find. I would spend my afternoons climbing trees and riding my bike. I didn't worry about time, bills or where I was going to find the money to fix my car. I used to wonder what I was going to do or be when I grew up, not worry about what I'll do if this doesn't work out. I want to live simple again. I don't want my day to consist of computer crashes, mountains of paperwork, depressing news, how to survive more days in the month than there is money in the bank, doctor bills, gossip, illness and loss of loved ones. I want to believe in the power of smiles, hugs, a kind word, truth, justice, peace, dreams, the imagination, mankind and making angels in the snow. I want to be 6 again. |
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I want to go back to the time when: Decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-mo." Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, "do over!" "Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest. Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in "Monopoly." Catching the fireflies could happily occupy an entire evening. It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends. Being old referred to anyone over 20. The net on a tennis court was the perfect height to play volleyball and rules didn't matter. The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was cooties. It was magic when dad would "remove" his thumb. It was unbelievable that dodgeball wasn't an Olympic event. Having a weapon in school meant being caught with a slingshot. Nobody was prettier than Mom. Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better. It was a big deal to finally be tall enough to ride the "big people" rides at the amusement park. Getting a foot of snow was a dream come true. Abilities were discovered because of a "double-dog-dare." Saturday morning cartoons weren't 30-minute ads for action figures. No shopping trip was complete unless a new toy was brought home. "Oly-oly-oxen-free" made perfect sense. Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for giggles. The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team. War was a card game. Water balloons were the ultimate weapon. Baseball cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle. Taking drugs meant orange-flavored chewable aspirin. Ice cream was considered a basic food group. Older siblings were the worst tormentors but also the fiercest protectors, too. |
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Do you know what little children believe? They Believe in the Joy of the Moment! They believe everything is really going to be All Right! If they get into an unkind scuffle with a friend ten minutes later they are playing together again! Children live their forgiveness. They believe in castles in the sky, that the moon has a face, and the Earth is our mother. They believe in wonders like faeries, Santa Claus, a pot of gold at the rainbow's end, that a kiss can cure a boo-boo and dry a tear. We are children of the universe ... though at times we might be like paupers or kings. We might speak like a sage or a fool; We might think in ignorance or wisdom; We might perceive all unalike ... yet We are children ... we are children. Together ... here. ... and we need to just believe that's what we are. So go ahead ... go outside ... Look up into a clear, cool winter's night sky. See that first star to the left? Make a wish upon it and look at it ... watch it ... Let it touch the wonders of the child inside you. And like that star, no matter how dark the night is ... Sparkle diamond bright ... sweet child ... |
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