We are all children

Who is a child?

You. Me. Our friends. Well, even our parents.

That's the truth. There's a child in every one of us. A child who wants to break free and break all rules, yet the adult in us stops us. A child who wants to sing and dance in the rain, yet the adult in us tells us that it would result in a cold. A child who wants to kick stones as he walks, yet the adult in us tells us to be "decent" citizens and walk straight and erect.

There's a child who would try putting a biscuit packet inside a water bottle.
There's a child who would want to draw chalk marks on the wall.
There's a child who wants to unscrew the remote and put it back again.
There's a child who wants to tear paper and throw the pieces on somebody.
There's a child who secretly wants to smell petrol.

There's a child in every one of us, a child who wants to explore the world in its fullest.

(Triggered after a class on "Understanding Children" by a Sister.)