MyHappy.Me_A multipassionate life, lived my way.

 In the morning, while getting dressed for kindergarten ...yet again..., I hear that familiar protest: – Mommy, put this on for me, because I DON'T KNOW HOW! When I answer calmly: – We'll learn, I'll help you, you'll see that you can do it! In response, I hear a categorical: – Nooo, because IT'S IMPOSSIBLE! We sit there over those socks, and finally, with a smile, I ask: – Or maybe you just don't feel like it? Or are you afraid you'll put them on backward? And suddenly it hits me: we adults do the exact same thing. We’ve just learned to use more complicated sentences and built an entire adult philosophy around them. I wrote a piece about this once, and today, looking at it from the perspective of a mother to an almost four-year-old, I see it even more clearly. All those sentences we toss out automatically every day are nothing more than our own adult smoke screens. Shields we hide behind so we don't have to admit something to ourselves. What is really hi...