You experienced joy intrinsically in-the-moment. You were full of play, and creativity. You knew intuitively to experience joy through through giving & gratitude, not logically or analytically. Whilst experiencing that joy and playing, you did not seek anything in return. There was no social fear. Life was an exploration.
Then we grow up and we lose connection with our inner child, and we move more into separation, competition and survival. We are taught to “grow up”, “don’t cry”, “man up”, “work hard”, “earn money”, “pull yourself together”. As we move into adulthood we slowly kill off the child-like spirit.
We lose our ability to play, and give and feel connected. We no longer have a sense of innocent curiosity and wonder. Our energy highs come from coffees and redbulls. We sit in bars and scoff at children who are running around in a natural state of play, whilst we throw poison down ourselves with alcohol and nicotine. And we think kids are silly!
We are only happy once we have reached an outcome, even though the joy is in every moment. We become intellectuals but to the detriment of our natural intelligence and talents of creativity and intuition and limitless potential. We start to look old and tired and we focus on maintaining our physical bodies but we forget about the playful child in us who is full of life and is our true source of vitality.
