"Maybe we should develop a Crayola bomb as our next secret weapon. A happiness weapon. A beauty bomb. And every time a crisis developed, we would launch one. It would explode high in the air - explode softly - and send thousands, millions, of little parachutes into the air. Floating down to earth - boxes of Crayolas. And we wouldn't go cheap, either - not little boxes of eight. Boxes of sixty-four, with the sharpener built right in. With silver and gold and copper, magenta and peach and lime, amber and umber and all the rest. And cover the world with imagination."
-Robert Fulghum
I never saw this quote until yesterday. I had to read it a couple of times.
This quote made me ask myself what are some of the good things that I have held onto as a child. I will proudly announce that I let my inner child out quite frequently.
I enjoy watching nature. I like to watch funny movies. I like to sing. I sometimes eat pop tarts for breakfast or pancakes for dinner (only at ihop). I think sunrises and sunsets are hopes and promises. I look at the clouds and see so many creations. I use to wish on falling stars.
It is not silly to do such things. It is refreshing to tap into the innocent spirit that has become trampled on by adulthood. All that creativity and pure love that still resides in all of us.
Have you ever met someone who is serious about everything? They do not joke around. They do not smile. They find it much more easy to frown. They see only using and taking from one another. They do not want to share unless they receive more. Free-spirited people are few and far in between. Of course we need balance. We still must keep to our responsibilities and tasks but just every now and then let your inner child out for some fresh air. It would help to make our world much nicer.
