As a child, you are generally fearless. you have to worry about silly things like falling and cutting yourself of course, but you don't worry about what you're going to do with yourself in the future, or if you'll end up completely alone later in life. You want always to be a child and to have fun, not to worry. You grow up though, and then you have more things to be afraid of then just a scrape on your knee or a bump on your head. School worries take over, family worries, friendships, all sorts a things. You cease to have that childhood mentality, you begin to doubt in things that you grew up learning. "All the monsters live under your bed and if you don't believe in them, you'll be safe" that's a childhood thought, and when you grow up you see they're scarier things in the world. Monsters like 'betrayal' 'lying' 'being hurt' and many more. The point is that the monsters in your closet become things of the past, to be replaced with adult fears.
When you're a child, Peter Pan is a thought process (I call this the 'Peter Pan Mentality') Peter is the embodiment of childhood, and Peter is a child (the book even says that he still has all his baby teeth) he's immature and frankly he's not afraid of anything. Remember though, he is a child, he doesn't face any of those adult worries or fears, all he has to worry about is to make sure he doesn't do anything to stupid (but how often does that happen? I mean really?) I remember when I was little all I wanted to do was fly, I didn't care how I did it, I could've jumped off a roof to try, and believe me I certainly tried (word from the wise, don't do it!) I would jump off things, or run to get a head start and plow into something or someone. Those attempts gained me some battle scars and a couple sprained ankles. I tried so hard one I ran into a door I wasn't looking where I was going and it wasn't very pretty, but believe it or not the next day I was at it again. I told my mom multiple times that I flying was what I wanted, I always told her that I wanted go in a plane, she always told me that we never had the money to take my family of five on a plane. I didn't ask her again, I was seven last time I wanted to fly, I grew up, I was fifteen when I finally flew on a plane, and I was petrified, I flew alone to go meet my best friend in Florida for a week, and being alone on a plane for the first time, growing up and hearing of all the various plan crashes over the years, well it's enough to instill a little bit of fear. The ten year anniversary of 9/11 had passed about a week prior to me flying out. It wasn't as fun as I thought, but it certainly was not as bad as it could've been. Over all it was a wonderful flight, I flew back just fine and I now don't really have any desire to repeat that experience.
That's what I'm talking about though, when I was seven I would've given anything to fly in a plane or fly in Neverland, just to fly and be free. I would even injure myself to fulfill my dream. I'm grown up now, I'm very fearful of things. "The moment when you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to." I doubt that I can do it anymore, and I've grown up, I mean what five year old thinks that they can't rule the world someday? What five year old thinks that they'll never get married or they'll never be able to do what they want, they are FEARLESS.
So take a page from the younger generation, see how they live life to the fullest, how they notice everything and anything. Watch how to live, how they operate, do they care if you tell them no you can't fly. No they will try to their whole being. They play out their future as they see it, a future when they will be forever Young. Truly FEARLESS.
-Birdy
"The moment when you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to."
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