I wish I could be a kid again

9/28/26 ~ 2:32am

I used to think that when adults said this they just meant they didn't want to work or pay taxes again, that they wanted to be able to just be taken care of or follow the annoying yet satisfying routine that is k-12 schooling. As an adult I think I better understand what they meant. To be a kid again, to go back to a time where you not only didn't have to bear the troubles of life and the world but also didnt even know they existed. The sweet innocence that is ignorance that is only acceptable in children is what they crave. To go back to a time when mom and dad could be looked at with pure eyes - for those who even could - to go back to hanging out with friends we got to see every single day instead of once every couple of months or years. To go back to when the world felt like it had potential, that you had potential.

I don't believe anyone has a set age on potential, I just think that as a child the opportunity to reach your highest potential seems closer in grasp, this could just be me though.

Sometimes I wish I was a kid again so that things could be innocent again. To return to a time where my parents looked at me differently, the world felt differently and life felt just a bit more magical. I understand that this desire is impossible, that even if I could return to the past somehow phsyically I could not mentally and vise versa but it is still nice to dream. I wish sometimes for the most similar alternative, which is to recieve a head injured and gain amnesia. The chance to unknow what I know, to "undo" what I've done, a chance to have potential again is what that feels like. Is that stupid, I don't know it do hope it at least makes some sense.