Have you ever wondered about how children do have it so easy, as compared to us grown-ups?

Think about it.

It occurred to me several days ago that children don't have the mental preoccupations that we adults do. Of course, obviousness aside, I'm not talking about bills, jobs, and children - but rather the simpler things in life that we toll over endlessly like sex, time, love and so-called onerous life 'responsibilities'. With these aspects of our adult lives we're in a circuitous race to either figure them out (i.e. love) or 'get more' of it (i.e. sex, time).

Let's detail this so that it makes a little bit more sense for you, my dear reader, as to where exactly I'm coming from with this funky life perspective.

You see, we spend the vast majority of our days, whether we know it or not, thinking, planning, and/or figuring out how to get life to go the way we expect, and usually demand, it to go. And when it doesn't go the way we want it to go, we become irritated, angry, or rageful. Essentially, our expectations haven't been fulfilled and our life doesn't contain the activities, events or things that we figure it should.

It's all pretty complicated isn't it? But yet it's also completely unnecessary.

If you detail what people do to get their lives to turn out the way they expect you would find that most of an adult's day is spent in pursuit of these so-called goals and expectations. That is, these 'needs' that one 'just has to have'.

Whether that be sex, more time, more money, love, or any similar such aspects of the grown-up human being's lifestyle.

Now this all sounds pretty complicated doesn't it? Well, that's because it is. But life doesn't have to be that way.

Life can be much simpler for all of us if we so choose it that way. Now, I'm not talking about some New Age teaching that states that all one needs to do is spout a rote saying eighty-seven times every day and all their life's wishes will be granted.

Rather, I'm bringing up this topic to show you, my dear readers, that our lives REALLY don't need to be this difficult and complicated and 'full'.

Think of children.

Think of their lives.

Think how they live their lives.

Think how they go through their days.

They're in the moment.

They're now.

They're present to what is, whatever that may be for them.

They're pure.

They're innocent.

Their spirits haven't been bastardized and destroyed by the wants of adults and society at large (that occurs at a later date as the child matures.)

You won't hear a four-year-old hitting herself on the side of the head and reprimanding herself for 'losing that money-making opportunity two years ago'. She's more concerned with her big brother playing with her toys.

You will be hard-pressed to find a ten-month-old infant worrying about 'tomorrow's meeting with the boss'. She's only concerned about how her basic bodily needs are going to get met as she gets hungry and wets her diaper.

Ever seen a toddler wonder how he can possibly 'get everything done by the end of the day'? He just wants to play hopscotch with the neighbor's kid from across the street.

You see, it was all this simplistic and completely enjoyable for all of us at one time. We just don't remember it because we're all so busy and, sorry to say it... full of ourselves and our so-called 'importance'.

Think about this. How many ways do we adults configure our lives and daily activities to get sex or get someone of the opposite sex (or same sex) interested in us? Let's see...

- we cut our body to change our looks so we're more 'attractive'
- we exercise to look 'better'
- we buy new clothes so we 'appear' more appealing
- we eat foods we don't like so we can think we're 'healthy'
- we portray ourselves as 'together' so we're more interesting
- we put our physical body and life at risk at times seeking out a sexual experience

And how do we configure our days so we can do more to 'have more time'? Again...

- we sleep less
- we work more
- we spend less time with our families
- we work harder
- we neglect our health
- we do things faster and sometimes more unsafely, like driving
- we rush
- we multitask and create more stress for ourselves

Why? That's the question that makes this all confusing at times because it doesn't have to be this way. Our days don't have to be structured this way. At least for the vast, vast majority of us.

So what can you do with all of this?

Realize it.

See it.

Grasp it fully.

Allow yourself to remember it whenever you get the chance.

Make time for your self, make time for you.

Tell yourself that in 50 or 100 years we're all going to be dead so what does it matter anyhow who wins that argument or comes out on top during that 'important' meeting at work. Really. Think about it.

See this whenever you look at a child. See the wonder of life in their eyes. See how they don't have to 'work' at being simple, yet full of life. See how pure their every waking moment is.

To do that would be a good start. Then, after that, realize that you too can be that way. You were once. You can be again.

It will just take time and effort with you clearing space during your days to make time for your-self.

You really can be child-like again. And this is the formula to do so. Work at it and one day you will have a brief moment that is unclear of everything 'adult'. And, oh, how sweet that moment will be.

Written by Andre Best
President, Ultimate Results, Inc.
http://www.andrebest.com
'Learn About Life From Another Perspective'

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