Ignorance really is bliss.
I was watching Jamie eat a pudding pop tonight. She would wave it around and giggle and call it “squirrel”. Then she accidentaly bounced it off her nose. She looked at me and laughed and said “Mommy! It’s on my nose!” Then of course she started doing it on purpose… then she would wipe it across her lips and laugh her little head off. It was comical to watch her.
It got me thinking about adults. Why can’t we just enjoy things like she does? She wasn’t worried about calories or having to burn it off later. She wasn’t worried that she had it all over her face and dripping down her arms. When was the last time any of us just enjoyed something without worry?
It’s not just food either.. she doesn’t worry about how she looks. I let her pick out what she wants to wear and she never worries about if it matches or is in style. She worries about if it’s got a sea horse on it or a kitty or her favorite cartoon character. She doesn’t care if her hair is brushed… although she does enjoy having it put in a pony tail…. maybe just so she can take it out 5 seconds later. She doesn’t worry about what she says or what anyone thinks of what she says…. she just says whatever is on her mind. (kinda makes me wonder since sometimes what she says is gibberish)
Then here I am (and probably a lot of you) worried constantly about how I look… do these pants and this shirt go together? Did I just spill something on my shirt??? Does my belly hang over these pants? OMG I look so fat! And there’s the constant worry about saying something that will make me look stupid. In my case I usually just don’t say anything at all. (I wonder how that makes me look?) Why do we (I) care so much about how we look to others? Does someone elses opinion really matter that much that we have to base our choices off what “they” may or may not think?
Did I have a point in all this? I think so but I seem to have forgotten what it was. Maybe it was that we should relax and not care what anyone else thinks…. maybe it was that we would have a lot less stress if we were more like 2 year olds and did things we enjoy with reckless abandon.
it’s good children aren’t concerned with most things… That book you sent me years ago, “The Little Prince” came to mind while i was reading this blog..
“Keep Life Simple Stupid” kept popping in my head too..
i have trouble imagining NOT being worried about some things though… Are there adults who are REALLY like that? (who aren’t mentally compromised or who are just insanely wealthy and happy??)
hehe.. i “did things we enjoy with reckless abandon” and ended up super fat! and i ended up w/ a few speeding tickets…
ahhh… consequences… (gotta love those state trooper mirror-shades though eh!!!! mahn they’re awesome!)
oh my goodnes! and those motorcycle cops, the ones who dismount in slo-mo, and they walk up to your window in slo-mo, and their arms float over their belt gear… and their boots are over the ALMOST-tight pants! Holy friggin’ mother!!!! i could actually grow to love reckless abandon!!!
ok… ok.. so sorry.. so sorry… i became distracted… i apologize…
ur comment ticker will say you have 3 comments so far… but they’re all from the same person! i apologize….
i agree with what you say concerning not worrying about what others think about your appearance. (although, 1st impressions are important in this society… you can miss out on a job and other opportunities if based on appearance all because someone misjudges you or makes incorrect assumptions about you based on your appearance)…
but not worrying would be great… it would ease stress and make life easier…