Childlike Thoughts!

Sup Folks,

So today was a grand adventure! Myself and a few new friends of mine decided to build a fort! T'was AMAZING! We used sheets for the roof, draped over the backs of chairs and sofas, propped up with a lamp in the centre, it was a proper old skool child fort! Got to say I was properly impressed with our mad skillz, seen as most of us hadn't built a fort since the age of 6!

Anyways, it got me thinking about how great it is to do things from one's childhood, but with an adult perspective! Such as fort building, or re-watching films that you loved as a child but see with a grown-up brain. Something as simple as sitting under a sheet in someone's living room elicited such a happy feeling! I think this may because it reverts you to a simpler time, with less cares and worries! Kid's don't know how easy they get it!

I honestly think children are the most important part of life and are truly are probably the biggest motivator of my life. From an early age we are constantly being assessed and pushed in our education towards a career. We must do well in this class  in order to get the grades to get into this one. We must get a score of this to be in a chance of getting into this collage or university! Then university is there to educate us to get into a job that we want or more importantly need to earn food and eat. Everything is directed towards career, with "success" being determined by the big house you own, the flash car you drive and the income you get.

I've never seen life this way, and have never been motivated by wealth and career development. What motivates me is family. A career, yes is vital, and it's important to do something that one enjoys (so as not to go completely nuts), but it should never be the be it and end all. We shouldn't be defined by our careers, because that's all they are in the end. A craft or service which allows us to provide for those we care about, partners and offspring! Instead of telling people I'm a lawyer, or an actor, or a fire-fighter I'd like to tell people I'm a husband and a father first.

Because as cliché a line as it is, children are the future! And more time needs to be invested in their upbringing a care in order to build the foundations of tomorrow. The psychological and spiritual development is massively dependent on their guardians. I remember reading a psychological article describing the three elements that create a psychopath: a) a genetic contributor b) an abnormality in the frontal cortex of the brain (the big squishy bit at the front), and c) a bad childhood upbringing! Even with a genetic and physical deformation, an individual can still develop perfectly normally if they have a "normal" happy childhood. This clearly illustrates the sensitive nature of raising kids, something I want to be there and wholeheartedly invest my time and love into.

This video really resonated with me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd7540wi6RE

Anyways, maybe more of this later.. I feel it's been a bit of a rambler! =]