“We all start out knowing magic. We are born with whirlwinds, forest fires, and comets inside us. We are born able to sing to birds and read the clouds and see our destiny in grains of sand. But then we get the magic educated right out of our souls. We get it churched out, spanked out, washed out, and combed out. We get put on the straight and narrow path and told to be responsible. Told to act our age. Told to grow up, for God’s sake. And you know why we were told that? Because the people doing the telling were afraid of our wildness and youth, and because the magic we knew made them ashamed and sad of what they’d allowed to wither in themselves.” – Robert R. McCammon
Children seem to be on to something. They experience happiness and joy at the drop of a hat, and don’t seem to cling on to the past or future as much as we adults do. Because their ego isn’t quite fully formed they are more resilient and more likely to be living in the present moment without even trying. This is just their natural state of being.
