Happiness

A short post today, but nevertheless one with a powerful message.

I attended a birthday party for a friend’s son over this past weekend. During the party something happened that I’ll take with me for a long time.

Towards the end of the party, all of the children gathered in a circle and a bubble machine began blowing out hundreds and hundreds of bubbles.

To see the joy and happiness on those children’s faces as a result of something as pure and innocent as bubbles coming out of a machine was remarkable. I saw that look of delight on my son’s face, and it made me smile inside. I took note of what was happening and it made me start to wonder.

I feel it’s unfortunate that as adults we’ve lost most, if not all, of that innocence. It’s a shame that most of us will rarely experience for ourselves an equal level of excitement, than those kids had, for anything anymore. Somewhere along the way, life interferes and takes those feelings away from us. It’s too bad we can’t carry that happiness with us into adulthood.

It would be nice to be innocent again, if only for a moment.

“So this is what it’s like to be an adult
If he only knew now, what he knew then…” ~Eddie Vedder

But alas, I’ll have my sons’ eyes to experience life for a second time. It’s comforting to know that I’ll observe life through his eyes, and he through mine.