more of dreams

have you ever imagined your life to be different from what it is right now? that there is this drive to do something else and yet you do not know what that is? does everyone have these nagging questions? does it ever go away? will i ever be content with what i have now, or will i always want something better? these are some questions i have. lingering in my mind, addressed to the void, and answered by no one but myself. which by the way, is not fulfilling since my questions are questions that i really have no answer to. not yet anyway.

i was just reading an e-mail i receied from a friend. it was titled, kids say the darndest thing. they have a unique perspective in life. untainted, unobstructed, and quite objective. it's very innocent. where did that go? our innocence. i want it back. i guess in some ways i am still innocent, but only because in some ways have been sheltered from the crazy world. although i've had my share of awfulness, relative to many, i am lucky.


NUDITY
I was driving with my three young children one warm summer evening when a woman in the convertible ahead of us stood up and waved. She was stark naked! As I was reeling from the shock, I heard my 5-year-old shout from the back seat, "Mom! That lady isn't wearing a seat belt!"

HONESTY
My son Zachary, 4, came screaming out of the bathroom to tell me he'd dropped his toothbrush in the toilet. So I fished it out and threw it in the garbage. Zachary stood there thinking for a moment, then ran to my bathroom and came out with my toothbrush. He held it up and said with a charming little smile, "We better throw this one out too then, 'cause it fell in the toilet a few days ago.

OPINIONS
On the first day of school, a first-grader handed his teacher a note from his mother. The note read, "The opinions expressed by this child are not necessarily those of his parents."

KETCHUP
A woman was trying hard to get the ketchup to come out of the jar. During her struggle the phone rang so she asked her 4-year-old daughter to answer the phone. "It's the minister, Mommy," the child said to her mother. Then she added, "Mommy can't come to the phone to talk to you right now. She's hitting the bottle."

MORE NUDITY
A little boy got lost at the YMCA and found himself in the women's locker room. When he was spotted, the room burst into shrieks, with ladies grabbing towels and running for cover. The little boy watched in amazement and then asked, "What's the matter haven't you ever seen a little boy before?"

POLICE # 1
While taking a routine vandalism report at an elementary school, I was interrupted by a little girl about 6 years old. Looking up and down at my uniform, she asked, "Are you a cop?" "Yes," I answered and continued writing the report. "My mother said if I ever needed help I should ask the police. Is that right?" "Yes, that's right," I told her. "Well, then," she said as she extended her foot toward me, "would you please tie my shoe?"

POLICE # 2
It was the end of the day when I parked my police van in front of the station. As I gathered my equipment, my K-9 partner, Jake, was barking, and I saw a little boy staring in at me. "Is that a dog you got back there?" he asked. "It sure is," I replied. Puzzled, the boy looked at me and then towards the back of the van. Finally he said, "What'd he do?"

ELDERLY
While working for an organization that delivers lunches to elderly shut-ins, I used to take my 4-year-old daughter on m y afternoon rounds. She was unfailingly intrigued by the various appliances of old age, particularly the canes, walkers and wheelchairs. One day I found her staring at a pair of false teeth soaking in a glass. As I braced myself for the inevitable barrage of questions, she merely turned and whispered, "The tooth fairy will never believe this!"

DRESS-UP
A little girl was watching her parents dress for a party. When she saw her dad donning his tuxedo, she warned, "Daddy, you shouldn't wear that suit." "And why not, darling?" "You know that it always gives you a headache the next morning."

DEATH
While walking along the sidewalk in front of his church, our minister heard the intoning of a prayer that nearly made his collar wilt. Apparently, his 5-year-old son and his playmates had found a dead robin. Feeling that proper burial should be performe d, they had secured a! small box and cotton batting, then dug a hole and made ready for the disposal of the deceased. The minister's son was chosen to say the appropriate prayers and with sonorous dignity intoned his version of what he thought his father always said: "Glory be unto the Faaaather, and unto the Sonnn, and into the hole he gooooes."

SCHOOL
A little girl had just finished her first week of school. "I'm just wasting my time," she said to her mother. "I can't read, I can't write, and they won't let me talk!"

BIBLE
A little boy opened the big family bible. He was fascinated as he fingered through the old pages. Suddenly, something fell out of the Bible. He picked up the object and looked at it. What he saw was an old leaf that had been pressed in between the pages. "Mama, look what I found", the boy called out." What have you got there, dear?" With astonish! ment in the young boy's voice, he answered, "I think it's Adam's underwear!"


i guess our curiosity never stops. we just ask different questions as we go. a friend reminded me that "growing old is mandatory, but growing up is optional." i would love to be back in the days were i didn't know much of the world. although, it will be to my disadvantage. i guess it's all on the perspective you hold and how you use the knowledge and wisdom you've accumulated in the the years that makes you child-like or childish. there's a big difference. like the quote says: you have to grow older, but you don't have to be grown-up. it's all on the perspective. world, can you stop turning for a bit so i can enjoy now?


i would pay to be able to see
with a child's eye again
i would love to be innocent
to not know what the world is capable of doing

i would like to play at the playground
not worrying about murders or poverty
only concerned not to fall from the monkey bars
or scrape my knee

i would like to have a child's eye
all innocent and free
oblivious of evil
just a world full of joy and glee

i'd pay to be able to love
love unconditionally
willing to give your heart in a platter
not worried about being hurt

i'd like to have the opportunity
to see the world with such opportunity
not knowing of limitations
with all problems there are solutions

i would like to have a child's eye
all innocent and free
oblivious of evil
just a world full of joy and glee