I have learnt that writing a blog is not easy. Sometimes, you just have to wait for inspiration, or for something funny to happen so that you have something to write about. I thought I was going to struggle yesterday, even after just one post… Until, I went to the cricket last night.
I don’t want to sound depressed, or like I’m living in the past, but why, as we grow up, must we lose our excitement? Especially towards the little things. What I noticed was all the streams of little kids being excited by the team mascot, getting an autograph etc. They were even excited to see a charity mascot. Yet, all I could find myself thinking when they were coming around was, “really, you find that exciting.” Initially, I thought it was fair, I’m growing up, you know, I shouldn’t be getting excited about little things like that, no one over the age of 10 should. But, almost immediately my mind switched to a “I don’t get excited by anything little anymore.” Hell, it’s hard to get excited about the big things as you grow up. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t want to be excited by a costume, that is definitely something that I have put behind me. But, it’s the other things that I want to be excited about. I want to be excited about a bright, sunny day. I want to be excited about meeting new people. But often, as we get pushed into growing up, and as quickly as possible, we lose some of our innocence that allows us to feel this excitement.
It is a weird feeling, I want to grow up, but I don’t want to grow up. I want to be independent and be myself, all staples of growing up, but I don’t want to lose my ability to get excited, I don’t want to lose my ability to have fun. So, do I grow up like a good kid, or do I remain a younger, happier ‘kid.’ To be honest, I would like to do both. So, from here on, I pledge to get more excited about the small things.
Seeing the sunrise, and seeing the sunset are two experiences that I used to love, I would make it possible for me to see the sun set, especially, whenever I could. Now, though, I would much prefer to listen to some music, and chill out in my room. Why? I want to see the sun set again.
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