YOUR INNER CHILD

Article by

KAYSOON KHOO

There is no gap between childhood and adulthood. One is inseparable from the other. The only difference between an adult and a child is that one has been around longer than the other.

In every child there is an adult. That's why it's been said, "From the mouths of babes come pearls of wisdom". When we see a precocious child who is unusually mature for his years, we are merely glimpsing the potential "grown-up" within him.

There is much we can learn from a child. One of the most important lessons he can teach us is how to delete the words impossible, improbable and unbelievable from our vocabulary. His world is one of magic because his mind is not restricted by these three limitations. And unless our thinking is as uncluttered as a child's, our lives will always lack the magic and beauty his is filled with.

Similarly, in every adult there is a child. It is the endless curiosity of our inner child that prompts us to search and discover. All human progress can be traced to this innate curiosity, this sense of wonderment we share with every child.

That child within us is likewise the fountain of our imagination and the source of our creativity. As long as we are like him in this respect, we will always have the capacity to create what we want in our lives.

We must never allow that little fellow who is a part of us to grow up into adulthood. If we let that happen, he disappears and our thinking grows staid and inflexible. Then we become nothing more than humanoids. We go through all the motions of being human but we are machines.