Children are amazing creatures. But with age, they lose many of their wonderful character traits. And over the years, the understanding comes that adults are very much lacking some of the qualities that every child possesses.
Parents always try to instill in their child those qualities that, in their opinion, will be useful in the future. This does not always work out, but the process of education does not stop from this. After all, everyone wants the child to grow up resourceful, enterprising, empathetic.
Parents can also learn from their child. Acquire some childhood traits. Naturally, there is no need to become more capricious and secretive. But there are many qualities that are positive. And they are mainly possessed by children.
Enjoy every moment
Adults are often indignant when a child hesitates somewhere. After all, you have to hurry, there is no time to stand and watch the caterpillar crawling through the flower bed. But few people understand that this is the most important event for a baby.
Sometimes adults lack just this immediacy. They are constantly in a hurry somewhere and forget to enjoy the moment. Feel it fully. Therefore, it is important to periodically remember that there are things in the world that are much more important than numerous plans.
No need to accumulate grievances
Children are not able to keep a grudge against their parents, brothers, sisters and people around them for long. Conflicts simply fade into the background, and then are completely forgotten. Even after a serious emotional storm, friendship and peace can reign in the house again within a few hours.
Adults cannot boast of such an attitude towards conflict. We are capable of holding grudges for decades. Something very serious has to happen so that we can forget about the fights. Moreover, a conflict can arise from scratch, and the consequences will be very large-scale.
In this regard, adults need to learn from children who forget grievances and continue to further explore the world. Naturally, we are not talking about forgiveness. But do not take offense at each other for years over trifles.
Know how to defend your boundaries
Children are able to say no. Nor will they feel bad. They will not think about the fact that they have offended someone by their refusal. They just keep on living and doing their own thing. In addition, children will always be able to explain why they refused. And they say what they think.
It is this childish character trait that adults sometimes lack. Yes, you might think that being blunt is impolite. That you need to find a compromise. That you need to agree so as not to offend the feelings of another person. But this is not the case. In fact, it is much more important to be able to defend your boundaries and not do what you do not want. Your desires should always come first.
No fear of failure
Children know little. However, this does not frighten them at all and does not stop them. They are actively learning, learning something new, without fear of making mistakes. Failures do not frighten them at all. If they were afraid of mistakes, they would never learn to walk. Children will always find a way to overcome the obstacle.
Adults, unfortunately, lose this trait of their childish character over the years. To give up a dream, they only need to make the smallest mistake. For example, there are people who will give up jogging, waking up half an hour later than they wanted. And over the years, signs interfere with a person's life. Went to the gym but forgot your membership? When you come back, you give up training altogether. Because returning is a bad omen.
Ability to dream
Over the years, adults stop dreaming. We are simply losing this childlike ability. At an early age, each of us believed in miracles. We dreamed without thinking whether it would all come true or not.
Over the years, we stop dreaming. Instead, planning bursts into our lives. Adults set themselves only those goals that can be realized in the near future. Moreover, in most cases, these goals are quite modest. After all, if we set ourselves a large-scale task and do not realize it, it will be a disaster. You can get deeply depressed. Therefore, adults stop dreaming and do not set big goals for themselves.
But setting goals and dreams are not mutually exclusive. You can achieve goals and wish for something more. Something that will turn our life around, make it happier and more fabulous. In the end, maybe in a few years the dream will come true.
