teke me beck... to when i was heppeh

Why were we so happy as children?
Because we only had one main objective: to do whatever you wanted to do. That was the primary law that governed all our actions.
And 99% of the time, we did it. And it made us happy people.

When something got in the way or our parents wouldn't let us do something, we fought.
Not just mentally, but we fought with all of our might, kicking and screaming and cursing your evil parents in your head. And in this event, and in many subsequent events after that, we gained life experiences. Experiences that taught us to mind society, restrict ourselves, and say no to our inner desires for happiness.


But that was at a time when we didn't know anything, one might say.
An "innocent" time that is lost and cannot be recovered due to the progression of time.

But why? Our spirit knows no context of time. It's not a finite material, an object that fades with time. Our lives are not like clay, tender at first but only to be hardened and useless over time, unless you choose to be. Our spirit, the desire to be happy and do the things we want to do, still resides in all of us, as strongly as it did when we were children. It's innate. But no, we must consider all the wisdom, knowledge, and experiences that happened as we got older in age. We can't just do whatever the hell we want, they say. There are rules and restrictions, they say. These regulations, derived from life experiences, were actually supposed to help us become better and "wiser" people, but actually they haven't taught us much. It only taught us how to limit ourselves. It only taught us how to double-check ourselves instead of following our hearts, preventing us from being free.


Of course, learning and growing wiser is an inevitable part of human life. But there are two routes a person can take.

We can live life, gain experiences, and let the "realities" of the world continue close our hearts.

Or we can live life, learn and grow, gain experiences all the same, yet keep our inner hearts open to our childlike, natural desires, which in turn opens ourselves to the true pursuit of happiness.

The second route... yes it sounds pretty sappy. But I'd much rather take that road than the other anyday. (But what is sappy? Isn't it just something that we're too ashamed to admit that it's a sweet, good thing?)


Though we are all human, you are not me. And I am not you.
Yes we are all kin, and yes we are all pursuing the solutions to life, but my electromagnetic brain waves don't reside in your brain and yours doesn't reside in mine.

You are you, and only you can make yourself truly happy.