NdukuOutLoud

To not be an adult at heart. Ha-ha

To be able to separate the adulting your body and brain need to do…and still hold onto joy.

To not let the pressures of everyday life interfere with the core of who you are.

To work and play with the same intensity-because you really don’t want to be a dull boy.

It’s laughing with the same intensity you cried with five minutes ago-and with the same person who made you cry in the first place. Forgiving and forgetting.

Questioning everything, even the obvious, because it’s not obvious to you.

Making pretend with the most useless of toys and somehow having the time of your life. Not worrying about what people expect of you.

Sleeping in without guilt-because your time still feels like your own. Not measuring worth by how early you rise or how much you tick off a list.

Or maybe being a kid at heart is just everything we wish we could be now. Even with our adult brains and adult desires. Enjoying the simple joys despite the bills. Laughing despite the heartbreak. Trying again even if we just fell off the new bike five minutes ago. To find magic in the mundane.

But the good news is, we can rediscover all that now. Reconnect with the simple joys. Do things just because.

Be inquisitive, curious, and loving.