不是你太单纯，是别人太复杂
Children normally live in their own world, and they invite others to their world easily. It could be an imaginary space, their playground, their own room. It could be anything, because they don't know how to guard themselves, because they don't see the need to guard themselves.
And then we grow old, strive to become more complicated than the others around us because we're always threatened, or at least feel threatened by other humans around us, and thus we see the need to protect ourselves by being more complicated, sophisticated, just to put ourselves in a position higher than the others because that would allow us to see clearer and be able to protect ourselves.
Is being complicated and over-protective of yourself good? Is it really important to be sophisticated? Is there a point in sophistication if it cuts you off from a lot of other stuff that you could otherwise be injoying yourself with?
I've always loved the innocence of kids. No, I am not a paedophile, I just like playing with kids a lot because they never fail to amaze me with their naivety and energy.
Then I take a step back and wonder 'Why do I even want to play with them when I first have to get them to trust me?' and I realized that the challenge in becoming their friend isn't that hard, but it's still thrilling to know that you have access to a kid's private space. I like it a lot. I don't really know what I'm talking about and I should be sleeping. But I just like to play with children omg they are so fun.
They are always running around, and simply running around chasing after everyone, and perhaps ganging up(I often get chased by a group of kids because I am so hot) amuses them to no ends somehow. They have fun, they enjoy life, we share joy in enjoying their lives with them.
We don't have fun, we don't enjoy life because we don't dare to, because people would be jealous if we do, and we don't share our lives with others because we don't know what others would do.
Is being sophisticated that important? Doesn't certain random childish act of your friends make your day(at times)? What happened to people who would go up to the bubble tea shop auntie and say '给我一杯忘情水‘ a few years later?
Would they have changed?
Who is really getting shortchanged by Life?
向日葵的约定 is a nice show. My mum managed to stay up till 11 just to watch it. She has never been able to watch a show till its end because she always falls asleep halfway, but
Singapore productions ftw.
-- 12/27/2009 11:06:00 PM
