Babies
are awesome. They are really cute. They grow into children who through
adolescence, grow to become adults. I was once a baby who just like any
other, desperately wanted to grow into an adult? I really desired it.
But now, hopefully, you know the truth: I now dread it. Perhaps because
most employers today, only hire graduates who are below the age of 27.
The case was and is same for many of us and I’m curious, why? That’s how
I knew I am still a baby.
I was so excited at the age of 17 that I couldn’t wait to clock 18. I seriously was hoping my 20th birthday would be the very day after the 19th. Every 6th of April was a “woo!” experience. I
so loved being seen as grown that at 21, I managed to make my course
mates believe I was 22 just to clear the doubt brought about by my baby–face.
Sometimes, I’d say to elderly folks: “I’m 23 and I am no longer a kid”.
The same was the case at 22 too. But at 23 came that conscious
reaction: “hey, wait, wasup? I’m growing mehn!” At 24, I was like “oh
no, time’s not my friend!” At 25 however, I was crying to God to make it
stop. I badly wanted to be 22 again. Maybe 21 or even 20 since claiming
19 would be preposterous.
As we grow, we try
to tally our age with our achievements and here comes an air of
disappointment. “Look at my mates. See how far they’ve gone and how
great they are doing”: that was the feeling. But here’s the good news, I
got over mine: it was via the three lessons the life of a baby teaches
us:
i. Curiosity? babies are very curious: It’s
good you were curious as a child. You wanted it badly, to grow and you
got it. Why despise it now? A baby wants to know what’s in a container;
he wants to touch and feel it. A baby would do anything just to protect
his toy, get in through a cleft, hold unto a table and even climb a
chair or something akin. Sometimes, he gets hurt but he won’t just stop.
Like babies, innovators want to try something new all the time. That’s
curiosity. You need it too; maybe just a little more.
ii. Struggle? babies fight tirelessly for what they want: Give a baby a piece of sweet and expect it back? That would be very tough. You take it by force? See commotion!Babies
hold tightly to what they have and struggle hard to never lose it.
Without them knowing, they break through barriers, defile orders, carve
niches and make some kind of difference. When a child wants something
badly, s/he chases it madly? crying incessantly for it and maybe,
crawling seamlessly towards it. And really, that’s how s/he starts
walking.
iii. Happiness? babies are always happy: Ever
watched a baby play immediately after a prolonged moment of crying?
You’d marvel! That’s one great lesson babies teach us; they live as
though, they were never broken. Living life like it’s one; it’s just
one, actually. A playing child certainly can’t remember he once cried.
Babies need no special reason to be happy. They are just happy.
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