Acting Like A Child....Not Always a Bad Thing

I am not sure, to be honest, if I have ever done a blog on this before. Today I have been having some issues with staying focused and positive. I am human...I err. As much as I love to post positive messages on social networks to help my friends and family stay positive when they might be feeling discouraged, I also post them there as a reminder to myself to stay on the path I am trying to make for myself. I posted a couple positive quotes today and I was taken aback by how the simplicity of the words carried such a deep and profound message. It had me thinking back to some of the stories from my childhood and the lessons they were providing. Then I started to wonder why, even though we have all read such stories as "The Little Engine That Could", "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" and the "Three Little Pigs", just to name a few, those lessons seemed to all but disappear as aged. We no longer think anything is possible, we forget to respect others and their property and do not apologize when we have wronged them because our own pride and sense of 'rightness" gets in the way of doing what is actually...right.These are decisions we all make at some point in time or another and are sometimes not the best thought out of plans. Makes one think of all the stories and the lesson they convey, doesn't it? And those are but three in a vast number of books written for children, to help mold them into thoughtful, respectful, compassionate, productive adults one day. It seems to me that it would do every person some good to go back and read the books from their childhoods and see if they have indeed, taken those lessons to heart as they have grown in age and experience. How many of us can truly say that we have managed to use those morals and ideals every step along our own paths and lead by example to the generations that will follow? I know that I have stumbled many times along the way. I have not always been respectful or mindful of those around me. I have not always taken responsibility for my actions or words. I have not always made the right decision and I certainly have not thought that I could do or be anything as long as I had that faith in myself. The lessons we are taught while young are suppose to grow in their convictions as we age and put them into practice. Instead, sadly, I find the opposite is true. They are looked at as fanciful and imaginative, not really part of  the real adult world in their simplistic natures. We expect our children to learn these lessons and take them with them through life, but how can they when they see that all their adult role models seem to have forgotten how to put those same lessons into practice? We lead by example and if we are not remembering our own lessons, they cannot be expected to remember the ones we are striving to teach them. I urge you all to think on the lessons taught to you through such "childish" stories and ask yourself: As an adult, have you truly learned and put into practices the lessons and messages those stories were written to offer or have you been too busy being an "adult" that you have forgotten the important role they were meant to take in your lives? I know that I have and it is something I will work hard to rectify.  I  will leave you all with a quote to ponder by none other than our favorite childhood bear, Winnie The Pooh: “I'm not lost for I know where I am. But however, where I am may be lost.”
Namaste