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> > Adult Resignation > > > > I am hereby officially tendering my resignation as an adult. I have > > decided I would like to accept the responsibilities of an 8 year old > > again. I want to go to McDonald's and think that it's a four star > > restaurant. I want to sail sticks across a fresh mud puddle and make > > ripples with rocks. > > > > I want to think M&Ms are better than money because you can eat them. I > > want to lie under a big oak tree and run a lemonade stand with my friends > > on a hot summer's day. I want to return to a time when life was simple. > > When all you knew were colors, multiplication tables, and nursery rhymes, > > but that didn't bother you, because you didn't know what you didn't know > > and you didn't care. All you knew was to be happy because you were > > blissfully unaware of all the things that should make you worried or > > upset. > > > > I want to think the world is fair. That everyone is honest and good. I > > want to believe that anything is possible. I want to be oblivious to the > > complexities of life and be overly excited by the little things again. > > > > I want to live simple again. I don't want my day to consist of computer > > crashes, mountains of paperwork, depressing news, how to survive more days > > in the month than there is money in the bank, doctor bills, gossip, > > illness, and loss of loved ones. I want to believe in the power of > > smiles, hugs, a kind word, truth, justice, peace, dreams, the imagination, > > mankind, and making angels in the snow. > > > > So....here's my checkbook and my car keys, my credit card bills and my > > 401K statements. I am officially resigning from adulthood. And if you > > want to discuss this further, you'll have to catch me first, 'cause... > > > > ..."TAG! YOU'RE IT!!!!"