The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.– Aldous Huxley
As I was growing up we didn’t have so many of the cool things that are now available to kids now a days. When my own kids were smaller I used to think back at the time I was growing up, just to have a ball, a game-board, a bicycle was about as cool as it got. We relied on our imagination to invent excitement, and it worked really well. That is what I think is cool about kids, they can get excited about some of the most simple things.
Life starts out pretty simple but as the years go by, we do such a good job complicating things. Most kids are full of imagination, you can give them a basket full of clothes pins and they can make it into an alien spaceship docking station! A ball can keep their attention for hours on end, a bicycle can endure a lifetime for some.
As we grow up and mature, we begin to see everything from a totally different perspective. It is all natural and of course necessary, but it is a bit sad that while we are growing up, we tend to lose one of the most important things in life, our enthusiasm and simplicity. I mean, little things that before seemed all-important to us get crowded out and we focus more on the difficulties, complexities of life.
The older we get, the more difficult it is to be pleased. We no longer stop to watch the sunset, be amazed at the beauty of a flower, watch the night
Kids just have that natural inborn faith and inventive mind, unfortunately in the great majority of us, that gift of faith and believing in the unseen, gets over-shadowed by our skepticism and doubt and over all fears. True genius is born from having faith and enthusiasm to invent what others cannot see. Ignorance seeps in when we no longer think that it is possible to see beyond our circumstances.
It is amazing, but just think about it, in the first 5 years of our lives we learn to use our hands, walk, run,speak as many languages as we are exposed to, comprehend and the list is endless, we had no limitations, we simply absorbed all and took everything in. Then as time goes on, we grow up, and begin to shut many things out, and in some cases our God-given creativity!
In some aspects, I hope that I never grow up! I am still figuring out what I am going to be when I do! But, am I off my rocker? What do you think?
