You know, it has been a while since I posted anything about another blog. But this morning there was a blog that struck a cord with me. Over at Zen Habits they posted an article that I briefly touched on a while about regarding being child-like.

Think for a second of what you were like when you were a kid. You look back, and would you want to be like that again? or are you proud of being an adult instead of immature like a child. I for one never claim to be mature, because maturity is not necessarily a good thing.

Tell you the truth, what the fuck is maturity? How come we as humans use "grow up" as an insult, as if being an adult is a much better thing. I mean sure, adults can take care of themselves, but really at what cost? They work dead end jobs, they are stuck in the system to work and pay bills, just to buy stuff that you don't really need.

Fuck, I remember one of my favorite short-term projects I had when I was with my sister was simply building a cat house/mansion out of freakin cardboard boxes.

I believe the last time I actually had that rush of being a child was around winter of 2007 when I went to the Lakewood mall with my mom. We were just walking around, but I went into some store and I saw some Final Fantasy VIII action figures... Man, my heart was racing. I was actually feeling this excitement to buy a toy. Something that I haven't done since high school...

Though I didn't buy it, my logical sense stepped in and didn't see the need to spend the money. I don't know what difference it would have made to buy it or not, but merely looking at it and wanting to buy it just felt damn good.

I think a lot of times I can thank my mom on that. She has always been the type to act like a kid, and it is a trait that I hope I carry as I get older. She would have so much fun for Christmas and birthdays, thinking of ways to wrap the gifts and whatnot. It is what really makes things enjoyable, and much more enjoyable than just getting a gift card or something unthoughtful like my father usually does.

So I raise my glass... here is to being a kid