The Young Play

[mactombs]

One thing that strikes me as odd about all creatures that exhibit behavior that we can understand is that the young always have such an exuberance about life. Just watch a baby warthog go prancing and playing about in one of the most vicious ecosystems in the world and you'll know what I'm talking about.

Thinking about this, I've gotten to wonder how it is that the young are so playful and happy while the adults behave quite differently. I don't think it's entirely because the young are naive and don't have a lot of responsibilities. I think maybe it's also because they're new, and so they remember better than the world-weary what everything's about.

I get the feeling this is the attitude of the non-worldly, to be playful and joyful, excited, curious, to marvel at the world; to have patience and soak up the experiences of the moment.

I realize that I might seem a bit fluffy. I do realize that there are predators. That baby warthog might have some mishaps at the waterhole and its crocodiles - but that's part of what makes this existence so grand. What would the world be without the dangers, the disease, the famine, the hardships to temper the beauties of the world?

Anyway, sometimes I get the feeling that doom and gloom is just an adult fantasy, something that results from being in this earth system and focusing so hard on avoiding hardships that you start forgetting.

In any case, being young is definitely something of a phenomenon.

[knightlight]

Recently I have begun OBEing almost whenever I want to, having huge progress in my energy work and recieving reiki energy.  I must say, I was depressed and a huge layer of thick film covered my perception of reality until recently.  I honestly feel like a kid again!  I think it has more to do with the fact that as children we are not used to everything, have not experienced all that is in this world and are just learning.  I feel I have reentered that phase of life and I am loving every minute of it.

[SmileySpirit14]

theres a theory in psychology called "nature and nurture" and it states that people arent who they are by being born with their souls, but by the way they were brought up.
i believe that people and souls all naturally want to be happy, and naturally are. the young havent been brought up too much yet, so most of them is still nature (the happy part).
the adults have already been nurtured and went through things and are a bit more bored with life, etc... yeh, you get what im saying..