When you were a kid, things that were taken from another person usually felt and tasted a lot better. There are no clear memories coming to my mind right now other than the memories of stealing someone else's girlfriend when I was a kid. But I definitely don't want to make this entry about teenage love, I want to paint a picture of the love we felt when we were younger, and how it was the simple things that we craved and desired. So maybe a little romance from my own past wouldn't hurt!
We all remember having that special crush on that special person, and even if we don't remember puppy love, we can feel it in our bodies. That feeling we got, when the person we had a crush on walked into the hallway of our school, and the rush of energy that I would feel when I saw her. The childhood memories I have of my teenage love are innocent to me, and they should be innocent to you too. Sure, I always dreamed I would be like Peter Pan and never grow up, I would stay a child forever, maybe that is what Heaven will be like. But some of us don't like the innocence of childhood, maybe you feared certain things in life, well my apologizes, but even in the bible Jesus tells us to welcome His Kingdom in our lives as little children. So my memories are golden, they prepared me for a life with no regrets, so too for you I pray, but my childhood was good, maybe yours was too.
I remember seeing my first musical with my mother when I was just a kid, it was "Little Orphan Annie" in Hamilton, Ontario. The memories are coming back to me, it was just me and my mom and I think I remember playing in the isles, or at least sitting there briefly. I was in shock because the girl playing Annie appeared to be my age, and her little voice carried throughout the whole theatre, no lip synching there. I was so impressed with her little performance, but I can't say what lasting impression it had on me. Maybe the fact that after high school I went to study musical theatre performance was an indication that somewhere in my little brain, Annie made an impression.
I wasn't an artistic child growing up, but like any kid I loved the popular movies and songs, and of course girls. In fact I really liked girls growing up. I used to visit my uncle and brag about all my girlfriends. I knew them by name, ya I was popular. Of course growing into adolescence was not difficult for me. I went through all the changes with ease, I was not afraid of my body and I welcomed puberty as natural as it was. I was a normal kid. I enjoyed experimenting in high school with those of the opposite sex, I would be considered a brute nowadays, but when I was growing up there weren't so many rules.
I wasn't a lonely child, I had many friends and many people liked me. I find that the way society is set up today, there are a lot of lonely adults never mind their children. Social media has allowed us to reconnect with our past in a way, that other generations would only have dreamt of! I hope that our children are still being allowed to be children, and like myself created little worlds and hideaways not just in their imaginations, but in real life. It is part of the development of a healthy child to build hideaways, and forts, to sneak off to their special place, mine was behind my grade school. We would go there to do things that were our little secret.
I guess at this point you might be wondering what this has to do with stolen French fries? Well when you are a kid stolen things taste better, and the problem is that as adults things that are stolen land you in jail, which is good for our society, and the repentance of the individual. But I don't want to talk about our penal system, though some of you might need a refresher! I want to leave you with a feeling that as we look back on our lives, we shouldn't regret things. I know this is easier for some of you, and when we feel like no one understands, (or never will) just return to your hideaway if you can. This is Mike.
We all remember having that special crush on that special person, and even if we don't remember puppy love, we can feel it in our bodies. That feeling we got, when the person we had a crush on walked into the hallway of our school, and the rush of energy that I would feel when I saw her. The childhood memories I have of my teenage love are innocent to me, and they should be innocent to you too. Sure, I always dreamed I would be like Peter Pan and never grow up, I would stay a child forever, maybe that is what Heaven will be like. But some of us don't like the innocence of childhood, maybe you feared certain things in life, well my apologizes, but even in the bible Jesus tells us to welcome His Kingdom in our lives as little children. So my memories are golden, they prepared me for a life with no regrets, so too for you I pray, but my childhood was good, maybe yours was too.
I remember seeing my first musical with my mother when I was just a kid, it was "Little Orphan Annie" in Hamilton, Ontario. The memories are coming back to me, it was just me and my mom and I think I remember playing in the isles, or at least sitting there briefly. I was in shock because the girl playing Annie appeared to be my age, and her little voice carried throughout the whole theatre, no lip synching there. I was so impressed with her little performance, but I can't say what lasting impression it had on me. Maybe the fact that after high school I went to study musical theatre performance was an indication that somewhere in my little brain, Annie made an impression.
I wasn't an artistic child growing up, but like any kid I loved the popular movies and songs, and of course girls. In fact I really liked girls growing up. I used to visit my uncle and brag about all my girlfriends. I knew them by name, ya I was popular. Of course growing into adolescence was not difficult for me. I went through all the changes with ease, I was not afraid of my body and I welcomed puberty as natural as it was. I was a normal kid. I enjoyed experimenting in high school with those of the opposite sex, I would be considered a brute nowadays, but when I was growing up there weren't so many rules.
I wasn't a lonely child, I had many friends and many people liked me. I find that the way society is set up today, there are a lot of lonely adults never mind their children. Social media has allowed us to reconnect with our past in a way, that other generations would only have dreamt of! I hope that our children are still being allowed to be children, and like myself created little worlds and hideaways not just in their imaginations, but in real life. It is part of the development of a healthy child to build hideaways, and forts, to sneak off to their special place, mine was behind my grade school. We would go there to do things that were our little secret.
I guess at this point you might be wondering what this has to do with stolen French fries? Well when you are a kid stolen things taste better, and the problem is that as adults things that are stolen land you in jail, which is good for our society, and the repentance of the individual. But I don't want to talk about our penal system, though some of you might need a refresher! I want to leave you with a feeling that as we look back on our lives, we shouldn't regret things. I know this is easier for some of you, and when we feel like no one understands, (or never will) just return to your hideaway if you can. This is Mike.
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