Lately I have been continually finding myself wishing to be kid again. Not only is responsibility and adulthood a pain, but the world I live in now is becoming stranger and more foreign to me the older I get. Ask any kid on the street what a smurf is, and you'll see what I mean.
For example, many of the things I learned as a kid are no longer true. Case in point- Pluto. In a recent move by the astrological society of the world, Pluto has been officially demoted from a planet to a "dwarf," as well as its moon.
This isn't the first time my world's been rearranged. Little Ceasers (in Idaho at least) has recently made the decision to no longer carry anything but large pizza, most of which being the five dollar "hot 'n ready" pepperoni, thus eliminating the source of its catch phrase "Pizza, Pizza" by phasing out the double pizza deal that came on the cardboard sheet with the paper sheath. I remember once when I was a kid, my Mom would buy the 'Pizza, Pizza" deal and take us to a park for lunch. Now, that's impossible.
*sigh* I suppose that there are things that need to change, but it would be nice if someone asked me once in awhile. That's all I'm saying.
Perhaps that's just the way the world works. Maybe we judge the passing of time and the growth of our personalities not by the years but by change? Perhaps growing old has nothing to do with years passing but rather with the changes that those years bring. After all, age if often recognized by the changes that occur in our body, and the wisdom of age comes with the changes in our thinking that have occurred due to the experiences we've had.
Maybe I'm fooling myself, but maybe change is something that we must learn to endure, and maybe, to control. After all, getting fit is nothing more than a change in diet and habit. While they seem like big changes, when compared to the changes in the world they're barely a drop in the bucket.
In closing, consider this- if a planet can be changed overnight by a decision made by a group of people, imagine how much power we must have to affect change in our own lives.
