There has been a lot change for DaddyYO over the last year. Regardless of the situations being positive or negative, does it really matter? Change is good. I do in fact feel myself growing wiser and some say "more mature". However, I always believed, even as a kid, an older age does not constitute being more wise. Just ask littleYO. He reminds me everyday with his genius (genuine) responses.
DaddyYO: "What would you like to be when you grow up? "
LittleYO: "A kid"
Instinctively I always assume what my kids response will be before I ask. I was ready for any response on this question and still the response he gave caught me by surprise. I thought about his reply for a while. I usually think about what my kids say in response to my life-worn, tired, run-down sometimes parental canned questions. Yet, my kids comments help to breath life back into my own (once) youthful existence. Lets face it, my own thinking at 37 years old is a combination of subconscious/involuntary learned lessons and unbeknownst to me (until now) has made me less of a kid! wtf...I was robbed!
Age is a mechanic of the body to which our minds are governed. People/kids are simply acting their age by reacting off of each other; all day, everyday; for our entire lives. Pretty tiresome. We think about everything, analyze everything and talk about everything. At some point we need to replace/upgrade our own thought process with a new updated version of perspective. We can not be the same people we were in high school, college or 5 years ago. We all need to continue to grow and learn. Otherwise you might be among the many parents I see who lose themselves to their "old-selves" eventually turning into their own parents.
I see everything in life as a smaller sample of something larger than itself. For example, large crowds react similarly to the smallest cells in our own bodies. So by studying smaller samples of living organism we can understand larger populations. To better myself as a DaddyYO I thrive on understanding the emotional/physical context of my kids behavior and thoughts. I listen and try not to implement totalitarian control over my kids we instinctively do as parents. ( Do this!, Don't do that!, NO!). Our kids thoughts are no more or less important than our own; at any age. By just listening/communicating with my littleYO's has given me a tremendous new perspective on my own life and a youthful glimpse into my future. I am a better person because of this and revived!
Truth: Kids, are in fact, smarter than adults. Adults need to stop teaching all day, everyday and just listen. kids actions and comments will reveal genuine truth, honesty and love, all instinctively because I believe we are all born good people! Adults can not do this as well as kids because this ability withers away with age because of natural (environmental & social) adaptation.
So maybe age is a state in which we are conscious of being and we are all acting our age from 3 to 37 years old.....but what if youth is in fact something we can hold on to forever; even in old age??
Ask your kids " Describe DaddyYO and MommyYO in your own words." Adults only glimpse into their own true being is through their children's eyes; which is why parents are mostly yelling at them all the time!!! Not only is nothing is as it seems for an kid, adults are equally blinded. If all we do is teach our kids to listen, who is there to teach adults the same things....stop, look and listen to our littleYO's! It might be our only way into a youthful happy future because I'm still trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up.
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