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A few days ago, my GF and I were spending time at home with our nieces, and it reminded me of how I felt back in the day when I was their age. They're 4 and 6. I surprised myself at some point completely lost in my thoughts silently staring at the wall. I'd like to share what I was pondering about.
Remember when we were kids? We were innocent and optimistic. Everything was amazing and impressive. Everything was new and grand. The first time someone taught you how to play chess. The first time you tried playing an electric guitar. The first time you played a certain video game. The first time you ride a bike without small side-wheels. Those were amazing moments I'll remember all my life. So will our nieces. And showing them new things reminded me of how I felt when I discovered those things myself, many years ago.
Then it struck me. Why am I no longer amazed by new stuff like they are? It feels like I'm no longer the optimist I was as a kid and a lot of things seem somewhat futile and boring. What about the cool new stuff people show me? New video games, new movies? New cars? New whatever... I've become harder and harder to impress, to amaze, it's like I've become numb to that. Why? Have I become a boring old person? ...I'm 33 BTW.
It seems that when we're kids, we're incredibly impatient and we'd like to become adults. But we don't understand how it works yet. Once we're older, we spend our lives in pursuit of how we felt when we were kids, trying to reach the level of amazement and simple happiness we've known so long ago. And it's impossible to top those moments.
Have you ever thought of this?
Remember when we were kids? We were innocent and optimistic. Everything was amazing and impressive. Everything was new and grand. The first time someone taught you how to play chess. The first time you tried playing an electric guitar. The first time you played a certain video game. The first time you ride a bike without small side-wheels. Those were amazing moments I'll remember all my life. So will our nieces. And showing them new things reminded me of how I felt when I discovered those things myself, many years ago.
Then it struck me. Why am I no longer amazed by new stuff like they are? It feels like I'm no longer the optimist I was as a kid and a lot of things seem somewhat futile and boring. What about the cool new stuff people show me? New video games, new movies? New cars? New whatever... I've become harder and harder to impress, to amaze, it's like I've become numb to that. Why? Have I become a boring old person? ...I'm 33 BTW.
It seems that when we're kids, we're incredibly impatient and we'd like to become adults. But we don't understand how it works yet. Once we're older, we spend our lives in pursuit of how we felt when we were kids, trying to reach the level of amazement and simple happiness we've known so long ago. And it's impossible to top those moments.
Have you ever thought of this?