Just Like Peter Pan...

If you are a dreamer, come in. If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar, a hoper, a prayer, a magic bean buyer. If you are a pretender, come sit by my fire, for we have some flax golden tales to spin, Come in! Come in!"

~Shel Silvertein

Uh huh...I am just a big kid at heart. I believe in fairies, Santa Claus, the magic of four leaf clovers, shooting stars and looking for pots of gold at the end of a rainbow.

I talk to puppets, believe that Sesame Street really exists, Mickey Mouse lives in a cottage smack dab in the middle of Disney World and that tea parties with teddy bears are oh so chic.

I believe that laying in the grass, watching clouds drift by, is a perfectly valid

 way to send an afternoon. I believe that dogs and cats talk to one another when we are not around, that thunder is the sound of God bowling

and I believe in the basic inate goodness of all people.

I won't grow up,

I don't want to wear a tie.

And a serious expression

In the middle of July.

And if it means I must prepare

To shoulder burdens with a worried air,

I'll never grow up, never grow up, never grow up

Not me,

Not I,

Not me!

So there!

Childlike

I am childlike. I hope in most of the ways that are wonderful and few of those that are undesirable. Especially in one that recently turned 50. I seldom throw myself to the floor, squalling, when things do not go the way I intended. Still, I think a good tantrum might just be a delicious indulgence now and then.

******

I have a childlike enthusiasm about so many things. I often take chances, especially where people are concerned. I do get hurt and disappointed but I am never, ever sorry. I trust with my whole heart and soul. I giggle. I love Disney films. I watch cartoons. I know all the lyrics to The Wiggles' songs. Really, go ahead, dare me to sing them for you!

******

I still believe in Santa Claus, faeries & teddy bears that come to life when the house is dark and still. I believe that most people are good at heart. I believe in happily ever after. I believe that dreams can come true.

******

Too many adults forget the dreams of childhood and abandon them as a foolish pre- occupation. When we lose that childlike enthusiasm, we age, we grow up, we grow old. Like Peter Pan, I hope I never grow up.