Subject:

Me!

To Whom It May Concern:

I hereby officially tender my

resignation as an adult. I have decided

I would like to accept the responsibilities

of a 6 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 play kickball

during recess and paint

with watercolors in art.

I want to lie under a big

Oak tree and run a lemonade stand

with my friends on a hot summers' day.

I want to return to a time when

life was simple. When all you knew

were colors, addition tables

and simple nursery rhymes,

but that didn't bother you,

because you didn't know what

you didn't know and you didn't care.

When all you knew was to be happy

because you didn't know all the

things that should make you

worried and upset.

I want to think that

the world is fair.

That everyone in it is

honest and good.

I want to believe that

anything is possible.

Somewhere in my youth................

I matured and I learned too much.

I learned of nuclear weapons,

war, prejudice, starvation

and abused children.

I learned of lies,

unhappy marriages,

suffering,

illness,

pain and death.

I learned of a world

where men left their families

to go and fight for our country,

and returned only to end up

living on the streets.................

begging for their next meal.

I learned of a world where children

knew how to kill... and did!!

What happened to the time when we

thought that everyone would live

forever,

because we didn't grasp

the concept of death?

When we thought the worst thing

in the world was if someone took

the jump rope from you or picked you

last for kickball?

I want to be oblivious

to the complexity of life and be

overly excited by little things once again.

I want to return to the days when

reading was fun and music was clean.

When television was used to

report the news or for family entertainment

and not to promote sex, violence and

deceit. I remember being naive and thinking

that everyone was happy because I was.

I would walk on the beach and only think

of the sand between my toes and the

prettiest seashell I could find.

I would spend my afternoons climbing

trees and riding my bike, or

I didn't worry about time,

bills or where I was going to

find the money to fix my car.

I used to wonder what I was going to do

or be when I grew up, not worry about

what I'll do if this doesn't work out.

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 than there is money

in the bank, doctor bills, gossip,

illness and 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.

I want to be 6 again.

If you know someone that feels the same
way or you feel you need to tell them
you feel this way past it on to them.
It's great stress relief!
BTW the little boy on the horse is
Me, at age 6 and The Lone Ranger
was one of my favorite tv shows.

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