The Innocence Of The Child

I just found the original video of Donnie Markos "Mad World". Besides being such an amazing video, it reminds me of the innocence of playing children. When we grow up it is so easy to loose that playfulness, innocence and curiosity. I believe we need to preserve those characteristics more and remember to preserve those characteristics as we grow. Life is too short. Life is to precious. Life is also only one. We better make the best out of the life we have.

A lot of the challenges we face these days are directly related to narrow minds and somewhat illogical preconceptions about what we believe is right. The world is grayer than ever, and the borders are really non-existing these days. Yet it seems as if we believe the world to be black and white, not to mention that we have preconceptions based on ancient rules and thoughts. It is convenient. Ok, it is very convenient. Productive? Hmm. No. Certainly not.

I heard this story about a prison guard on NPR where there were two black women jailed for fighting for their cilvil rights. I do not remember when unfortunately or the link to the story. The essence in the story, however, is the prison guard taking his three years old son to prison and roughly quoted now: "Remember, son, I told you that only evil people are jailed. You see these two women. They are jailed because they fight for what they believe is right and for change. They are willing to fight for others, who cannot fight for them own, and, pay the price for this fight. Always remember that."

This is what we need more of. We need more people realizing that we are shaped in our preconceptions very early on, and that when they are set, they are set. Teaching an old dog to sit?! Well I would say good luck there! We gotta "get" to them when they are young.