As we head towards Christmas I came across the following words, which I thought are a different ‘take’ on my normal posts. Enjoy:
I Resign
Unknown Author
I am hereby officially tendering my resignation as an adult.
I have decided I would like to accept the responsibility of an 8-year old again.
I want to go to McDonald’s and think that it’s a four-star restaurant.
I want to sail sticks across a fresh mud puddle and make ripples with rocks.
I want to think M&Ms are better than money because you can eat them.
I want to lie under a big oak tree and run a lemonade stand with my friends on a hot summer day.
I want to return to the time when life was simple.
When all you knew were colours, multiplication tables, and nursery rhymes, but that didn’t bother you, because you didn’t know what you didn’t know and you didn’t care.
All you knew was to be happy because you are blissfully unaware of all the things that should make you worried or upset.
I want to think the world is fair. That everyone is honest and good.
I want to believe that anything is possible.
I want to be oblivious to the complexities of life and be overly excited by the little things again.
I want to live simple again.
I don’t want my day to consist of computer crashes, mountains of paperwork, depressing news, how to survive more days in the month there is money in the bank, doctors bills, gossip, illness, and the loss of loved ones.
I want to believe in the power of smiles, hugs, a kind word, truth, justice, peace, dreams, the imagination, mankind, and making angels in the snow.
So….here’s my cheque-book and my car keys, my credit cards and all my responsibility.
I am officially resigned from adulthood. And if you want to discuss this further, you’ll have to catch me first, ‘cause,
“Tag! You’re on.”
Have a great Christmas, and perhaps you will allow that 8-year old inside you to have some fun this festive time.
My best seasonal wishes,
Peter
