I am hereby officially tendering my resignation as an adult.
I have decided I would like to accept the responsibilities of an 6 year-old again.
I want to go to McDonald's and think that it's a
four star restaurant and then be able to afford a movie.
I want to sail sticks across a fresh mud puddle and
make a sidewalk with rocks and bask in the sun.
I want to think M&Ms are better than
money because you can eat them.
I want to lie under a big oak tree with a drippy
ice cream cone and run a lemonade stand with my
friends on a hot summer's day.
I want to return to a time when life was simple;
When all you knew were colors, multiplication tables,
and nursery rhymes, but that didn't bother you, because
you didn't know what you didn't know and you didn't care.
All you knew was to be happy because you were
blissfully unaware of all the things that should make
you worried or upset. I want to think the world is fair.
That everyone is honest and good.
I want to believe that anything is possible. I want to
be oblivious to the complexities of life and be overly
excited by the little things again.
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.
So . . . here's my checkbook
and my car-keys, my credit card bills
and my 401K statements. I am officially
resigning from adulthood.
And if you want to discuss this
further, you'll have to catch me
first, cause........
Tag! You're it!
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