Growing up doesn't mean growing "old"....

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Do we really have to "grow up"?

I seem to be asking myself that question a lot lately, because I am not sure I really want to grow up.  It isn't about looking physically young for me, but don't get me wrong if I could look young for the rest of my life, I'd take it.  I'd take it and flaunt it!  Okay, Okay, I wouldn't flaunt it     -      too much... ;)  It is more about feeling young on the inside and being absolutely silly, crazy and a little immature on the outside.

Today, I realize, I am not a person who is ready to grow up.  I'm just happy being young at heart.  I love being silly, I love laughing at myself, and at myself with other people.  Taking life too seriously to me is like drinking black Starbucks coffee - way too strong, has a bite to it, and missing the needed sweetener and cream to lighten it up.  Sometimes, don't you just want to tell people to "lighten up"?

Don't get me wrong now, I am serious, when I need to be serious; thoughtful, when I need to be thoughtful; and a parent, when I need to be a parent.  I am no push over though, okay, maybe just a little bit.  I am just happy to be on this earth, living and breathing.  The sun is my power outlet, I recharge myself in the rays so that I can keep on going kind of like the Energizer Bunny, only I'm not pink, and I don't have built in wheels on my feet but that would be pretty awesome if I did!

Isn't there enough negativity and misery in this world?  Why feed into that?  I don't want to wake up tomorrow with a miserable frown on my face (because it's more of a bewildered - confused look with really messy hair), I want to take on the day with a happy, free, young spirit.  I want to keep the innocence of my youth, the purity of a new fresh day, and the virtue of child.  Growing up doesn't have to mean growing miserable, becoming jaded, or being hardened by the years of knowledge.

Keeping a young spirit means keeping your soul alive.  Alive to learn new things and being able to laugh at the silliness of it all.  Realizing that bad things do happen, but trying to see the positive hiding deep within the negative.  Being thankful for all that you do have, and only wanting for what you truly need.

If tomorrow you wake up with a frown on your face, splash cold water on it like your putting out a fire and look in the mirror and say, "Damn, You look HOTTT!" if that doesn't make you smile just a little, then call me I'm good at starting fires! ;)

What are some ways you can feel young and silly? You don't have to run around a mall dancing behind unsuspecting people to do it, it can be as little as making a funny face at a young child you walk past.  What's stopping you from letting go?  Be like Nike and JUST DO IT!