What can children teach adults?

- Good friends are not defined by race and status.
– Good deeds should be done without any calculation.
– Our irrational fear and prejudice stop us from discovering the treasures of life.
– At the end of the day sincerity is still the best policy.
– Scream and fight as much as you want when angry, but after venting don’t hold on your bad mood for so long.

To forget about being “grown up” once in a while and just play.

Be amazed and wonder about the beauty of the natural world.

Don’t be afraid to get dirty and muddy.

It’s okay to suck your thumb if you’re REEEEEALLY scared. Just not in a business meeting.

To receptive adults, children have an enormous amount to teach us. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was an amazing man, especially for a military man and technician. The Little Prince is excellent reading as are his poignant reports during the Spanish Civil War and his poetic descriptions of his mail flights over the deserts of North Africa and the the Andes Mountains.

To laugh for no reason. To feel awe and wonder at everything. To be generous. To love absolutely and without condition.

To really play there is no reward or payout.

to live in the moment
to play
to enjoy being outdoors
to laugh
to value friends

That it isn’t a crime to wear a plaid shirt, striped trousers, and polka-dot shoes, all at the same time.

Make up your own rules and see how that works out.

They teach you how to take care of someone. How to put something else above your own desires. How to be patient. How to teach. How to comfort. etc… etc… etc… You could go down that line of thought indefinitely. Essentially kids make adults.

I’m still kind of a kid, I guess.

Remember to live in the moment.
Be happy.
Hatred is taught, and friendship can be with anyone.
Don’t be self-conscious.
You don’t have to be as everyone expects you to be. Be wild, be crazy.
Find the good in everything, be an optimist.
Just have fun.
Growing up is optional.

That it’s ok to play with a piece of corn on the cob like it’s a toy, roll it around in the dirt, and occasionally eat some of it too.