I used to believe

I use to believe that the things rattling around in spray paint cans were baby teeth that the tooth fairy sold to the paint company, that's how she got her money

Anon (from make-believe : fairies)

I used to think that dogs were the males and cats were the females and thats why they were always chasing each other...

Daniel Thor (from animals : cats & dogs)

While browsing my daily geek site, I came across their list of "feel good" websites. and I love this! FML made the list too but I found this more appealing-cuter in lots of ways. It made me think of things I used to believe and how those made me extremely happy and though I grew out of some of them, I still feel good knowing that I had tons of good things I believed in that in lots of ways helped shape the kind of character and personality I have today.

I see the world in the most ideal way my head chooses to see because I think it's important: to keep being colourblind;to keep being naive;to keep the innocence of a child in the children and in us;to be non judgemental;to be sincere;to keep giving without asking for anything in return. And that's just the starters of the list :)

Some say that we gotta let the young ones know the harsh reality of the world so that they would be prepared to face it when the time comes. I am not saying we shouldn't, but don't take away their childhood from them by replacing their laughter with the decisions we make as adults. And especially don't take away their innocence by starting to segregate them at a very young age.

If you look back on things you used to believe, you'd realize how clean and straightforward your thoughts were - the kind that we rarely have when we're adults cos we're always influenced by the way things seem on the outside. As bitter as it is to swallow, we know that the way things are is the way we make them. And it is sad that most children would grow up to be these judgemental adults...and the vicious cycle would never stop.

We are normal human being and we can't help being judgemental every now and again - it only makes us normal. We aren't saints. But it does help when we try to be aware of this weakness before it seeps in our braincells unconsciously and becomes a part of us that is so big, it'd be so tough to get rid of.

And it definitely helps to not raise children to learn differences, but rather similarities. And that it's not wrong to believe in silly funny things. Without those beliefs in funny and silly things, there wouldn't be cool looking buildings and crazy wacky million dollar worth inventions :)

Remember, focus on similarities, not differences :)