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The Inner Child In Us

You're Never Too Old.

Jan 09, 2017

University of Louisiana at Lafayette

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Samantha Izaguirre

When's the last time you thought about your age? You may be a middle-aged man; you may be an 80 year old woman. Maybe you're a simple college student trying to find your place. Let's all think back to when we were teenagers.

Ah, puberty... a time when we were all probably trying to act older than we truly were.

Rewind farther... Childhood... what purity. Has the nostalgia hit you yet? The excitement of eating a candy? The pride of your new toy? The simplicity of friends and classmates...

What about that unawareness of worldly struggles? That's what I miss.

Now stop.

There's no point thinking about how much we may miss the naivety of out child-selves. It's time to do something about it.

You are never too old to have fun. You are never too stressed to return to the area of such happy memories... and make more.

Embrace your inner child.

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