When you acknowledge the intensity of your devotion for something, when you let the passion, desire, and determination flow through you like an electric, pulsing river, when you embrace responsibility for the task you love you will understand that what you have done, are doing, and will do with that black auger of fortune…is right.
We lose a lot of things when we are grown. We forget the words of child secrets and what it feels like to bathe in leaves. We submit ourselves to turn away from our desire to grow and to know more. We say, “No more now. We must put away our childish dreams and ideals. We must seek out the secure and the stable.” We move into an artificially-sustained dimension like cattle, one behind the other, without questioning whether this new adult “reality” carries with it the promise of truth. We let go of the purest thoughts we might ever have for an insulated state of being with the most successful and unavoidable PR agent of all–Time. We cannot go backward, they say, we must cling to the future.
As children, we were told that we held the power of god in our hands. We were convinced that we could do anything, be anyone, and envisioned a state of being that we embodied simply because we knew we were in it. It wasn’t ignorance; it was a glimpse of what is possible and, perhaps, what should be. Then, we surrendered to the safe, circular, inconsequential false assumptions of older growth. We forgot to ask why the strange compulsions of many adults to be competitive, hurtful, oblivious, and passive were not listed in the fine print on the application for adulthood. We didn’t ask why those qualities should be cultivated.
I am not trying to be obscure or controversial, if what I’ve written seems controversial to you at all. I am simply airing a request. The time has come to relinquish the grown-up things–and especially grown-up secrets. We need to re-embrace those positive aspects of childhood that carried us so gently in the direction of truth, selflessness, generosity, strength, openness, and goodwill. And this new path, this better way, is not based in a single religion or culture or political system. There is no one way to become enlightened–that would actually defeat the point. Truly, there are trillions and trillions of paths to this state of being and we get a glimpse whenever we make eye-contact with someone, embrace or alienate, and open our hearts and minds to the experiences of others. This includes animals–all of nature, in fact. A new possibility is born with every sentient being on the planet. And whatever makes you happiest, and special, is a skill or quality that can be donated to the world with the intention of building a better place for everyone–animal, plant, and inanimate. Even those who have already succumbed to the cow mentality still feel that strong pull toward innocence, creativity, and passion.
You can do anything, if you’re willing to make the finanicial and prestigious sacrifices to get it. If you can’t do that, then help others so that they might help you. Watch Pay It Forward and Seven Pounds, if you would like a visual representation of the compassion about which I speak. And though what I just wrote may appear particularly idealistic and childish, it only seems that way because you have forgotten the power and strength of the dreams of childhood. You have forgotten the truthful power of a child. And while you may cry out that children are fragile and that their ideas are newly formed and oblivious of the ways of the world, delicacy is inherent in every system on the planet and neither children nor adults are exempt. Just because something at first appears breakable does not mean that it is easily broken. Delicately, then, but with strength individuals must be willing to step up and be productive.
Childish things,
Jordan
Quotes of the Week:
“The essence of childhood, of course, is play, which my friends and I did endlessly on streets that we reluctantly shared with traffic.” - Bill Cosby
Well said Jordan. Something All Adults seem to forget so easily.
Dona
hello! Can I ask what theme are you using in your blog? thanks!