Kids are far happier than others…wonder why?
Kids live in the moment. They cry when they are hungry, or not well, or when scolded by elders. However, the moment their misery is over, they move on. They don’t carry any baggage. They have a tiff with their friends, but they don’t carry the grudge.
Unlike us, who carry our worries, envy, scars of past failures, burden of responsibilities on our shoulders all the time!
Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.
– Bruce Lee
Kids have insatiable curiosity.
Kids have no idle moments. Kids are driven completely by curiosity in initial years. They want to touch everything, lick or eat everything. A few months older, and they want to try everything that they see us doing – switching the lights on, opening the tap, locking the door, unlocking the car, using mobile, new toys, every slide & every swing in the garden…you name it!
Kids are totally driven by curiosity. As they become proficient in one activity, curiosity takes them to the next.
Notice that, they want to switch on & switch off lights initially, but, once they have done it for a few weeks, they move on to something new. They do not keep on switching the lights on & off for the rest of their lives! Unlike us, who get into a mould, a routine, a place and get stuck in a loop like a broken record.
Kids monotask. Observe how engrossed they are while doing something. It’s almost as if their body has switched off all other unnecessary functions, so that they can break the puzzle they are working on. Unlike, us who are torn between sending a text message, brushing our teeth, wearing socks, whiling thinking about the 11.00 am meeting! When we do that, we create undue stress. As I always claim, the fastest way to complete multiple tasks is to do one task at a time!
The Kids are far happier than us, because they live in the moment. They do not carry any baggage. They engross themselves in one task at a time. They are driven by curiosity.
Kids are born with certain ‘factory settings’ that keeps them happy. As they grown, they digress, and dilute these settings and start doing exactly opposite of what they were designed to do!
Wake up the child in you….
- Live in the moment
- Monotask. Finish one task at a time.
- Forgive people
- Do not compete with anyone. Compete with your yesterday self.
- Let curiosity drive you & take you places
- When you enter the shower tomorrow, sing loudly
- Play board games at home
- Play mild pranks
- Catch up with your best friends
- Give your parents a tight hug
- Teach your kiddo a sport
- Watch a movie
- Go for a play
- Go for a picnic
- Smile when you talk to other
- Definitely smile, when you talk to yourself
- Keep a high self esteem; don’t let past failures drag it lower
- Don’t take no for an answer
- Always stay active in some physical or mental activity
- Sleep like a baby
- Tire yourself out completely by bedtime
- By the time it’s bedtime, you should be so tired that you would be crying, if you were a baby
- Crash land on the bed
- Stop thinking. Fall asleep in 10 seconds.
- Oh, before that, say goodnight loudly to everyone in the family
- Wake up with a smile
- If it’s cloudy, say “wow it’s cloudy”; if it’s sunny, say “wow, it’s sunny”
- Try new things; always keep yourself involved in some new endeavour
Above all, replace fear with wonder, it”ll transform your life!
“We are here and it is now. Further than that, all human knowledge is moonshine”
– H. L. Meneken