Keep a Childlike Mind (Blog 4)

All children, except one, grow up. This is the beginning of Peter Pan, a fancy novel. I become addicted to it and now I almost finish it. Peter Pan is the forever boy who lives in Neverland. Despite they sometimes fight with horrible pirates, Peter, lost boys and their new mommy, Wendy lead a fantastic life, accompanied by redskins, mermaids, crocodiles, and fairies. Peter Pan leads me to a tremendous world and reminds me of memories from childhood. It occurs to me that if we never grow up, what will we gain or lose? Admittedly, with time going by, we gradually lost innocence, imagination, and intimacy between parents and us.

  Firstly, we start to become sophisticated and lost our innocent mind. Children always believe in virtue and glamour. For example, I used to believe that good person finally would beat evildoers. However, the more knowledge we have learnt and the more incidents we have been through, the more disappointed we feel about the world. Maybe effort may not be paid back; dreams may never be achieved; the one we love may never get together with us. We come to realize how practical the world is and eventually get accustomed to it. At least, hope for a better tomorrow and belief in goodwill should be kept in the heart. With them, we can change the world.

  In addition, after growing up, vivid imagination vanished. Peter always do something make believe, such as drink make-believe medicine which is water indeed and eat a palatable meal which is totally imaginary. Likewise, we used to create a wonderland where we were the king, the superman, the monster and whatever we wished. Moreover, we never doubted the existence of the wonderland and always expected fairies to pick us up to start a fantasy journey. Conversely, nowadays, if a fantasy idea comes up, we will immediately stop it and question ourselves whether it makes sense. What a pity! It is time to find back our imagination and transform it into innovation in study.

Last, we become more independent, however, the distance between parents and us becomes larger. In the Peter’s story, Wendy and lost boys come back to their mothers’ embrace. It is touching that a little child cuddles up to his mother. Actually, no matter how old we are, we still are our parents’ little kid. Therefore the next time returning home, give them a big embrace and tell them “ I love you”.

  Actually, it is really pleasant to recall all these childhood memories. Also, it is no wonder that everyone feels familiar with Peter Pan’s adventure because it is always stored in our memory and never decays! In conclusion, we should always keep a childlike mind, with innocence, imagination and love, in this realistic world. Although we are not children anymore, believe me, we can still fly back to Neverland one day!