By: Peter
It is a hard truth to accept that we all have to grow up at some point of our time. Living all those precious toys we once cherish and abandoning the time of innocence. I can't deny the fact that growing up has some perks of it like being able to make your own decision and eat as many candies as you want that you couldn't do when you were a child. But I feel that it does not equate to the same fun we have during our childhood. That moment of life when we have all the time in world to go out and play without being bothered by any responsibilities or adult problems that is currently choking us now. The exhaustion we used to feel when we were young was caused by playing all day long under the yellow sun, but the exhaustion we now feel is caused by day-to-day activities and responsibilities to take. All those cumbersome works that sucks the life out of us making us weary souls lost in the hastiness of time. We used to be free souls able to wander in the vastness open field and now we are just pathetic human beings creeping towards the fate of death. All we could do now is to close our eyes and picture those memories of us playing hide and seek under the white lights of the moon or catching some tadpoles in the canal. All those memories we treasure deep inside our hearts because it relieves the pain inside us caused by miserable state of living.
I learned to slowly accept this harsh truth that we could never go back anymore and that we are stuck in this cycle of life. What is important to me now is that I still have more time to spend in this planet and that I should make out of it. We still have time to make some good changes around us and this world a better place for the future generation of young ones. It's up to us to introduce to them who is the Bear in the Big Blue House and teach them why Clifford is such a big red dog. It's in our hands to teach them the value of childhood and how it shapes our individuality as we grow up. Transition to adult is like us like us playing in the playground and there comes a time when we have to let other kids enjoy the playground too.
I'm contented enough about my childhood because I was able to explore the world with my little feet. I learned so many experiences and most of all made an everlasting friendship with my childhood friends. But if I were be able to go back I want to express more of my gratitude to my friends because they made my childhood an awesome ride of life. I want to hug them once more and play hide and seek with them because I lost some of them as time goes by. I wish I could see their bright smiles again and treasure the moment of a blissful life. Half of the memories from my childhood are already gone in the memory lane and how I wish that when I was young I was able to know that being a child doesn't last long enough and I should cherish every moment I got.
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