Everybody goes through childhood. There are the regular people who go through the normal process without thinking it through, that is, to go through ten to twelve years as a child and five to another ten years of a transition period to adulthood.

Then again, there are ‘irregular’ people who tend to hasten everything, trying to acquire knowledge, trying to mature and trying to become adults as soon as they can, wishing to skip through the childhood stages. There are also ‘irregular people’ who mature faster than others involuntarily while going through the harshness of life. These people, though still children or teenagers in physique, are already mature enough to compete with adults in different fields. But of course, setbacks are always a part of achievement, no matter how big or small. These irregular people go through time so quick that when everything’s said and done, the hole of regret becomes a part of their hearts. When success is solidified on stable ground, it is accompanied by responsibility, a responsibility that has never been there before. Tiring, repetitive, and generally boring responsibility becomes the bigger part of life.

What happened to fun and all that nonsense and foolishness that felt even better to sensible and real responsibility?

People probably skipped it, that’s what actually happened. And when things happen, they’re done. They’re irreversible. They’re…

…There. You just can’t take back lost time.

There was an old man who was once a child, seldom having fun and often thinking about the future. Living life seriously and with the utmost care in everything he did. The usual happy ending is there, success, riches, whatever it is, you can name it, except actual happiness. No stories to tell the children. A few happy memories, and the entire heavy luggage you call responsibility. The successful man is followed by a bleak shadow.

To be honest, I hate responsibility. People hate me for it. You can too. But that’s just me. I’m generally a lazy person, and you can call me just that. But I do what I need to do, and what I want to do, no questions, no protest. I don’t like responsibility though. I don’t know if there’s a difference between and laziness and that, but I’m not setting an excuse. I just don’t like responsibility, it just ruins your short days on Earth.

All I want to do is traverse the Earth without a care in the world. Live life freely, experience the exhilarations of life and rest for a while, without any responsibilities. Maybe that’s the child in me. Everybody’s a child at heart. It’s what keeps you from being an obsolete shell of what’s supposed to be a happy creation.

Please enjoy your lives and do what needs to be done and what you want to do. You can form bonds with friends, experience life as it is supposed to be, embarrass yourself if need be, just so long as you don’t have regrets when you grow old and eventually leave this world behind. Live freely, do not forget that everybody goes through childhood, and it doesn’t come twice…

…unless you’re naturally childish, of course. Good for you.

-JJMJ-