Are We Growing Up?

Recently re-read a book from Tony Buzan - The Power of Spiritual Intelligence. On chapter 7, he was talking about finding the child in us and the characters found in a child:

Enthusiasm
Joyfulness
Curiosity
Creativity
Truthfulness
Unconditional Love
Sincerity
Fun
Openness
rust
Adventurous
Energy...

Aren't all these are all the positive qualities fading off as we growing up? This put me in a deep thought. So true, these are all the positive qualities we see in children but who kills all these wonderful qualities in children?

I start wondering are adults really grown up? What is growing up? Is growing up means forgetting how to laugh? how to learn? how to be happy? how to trust? Then growing up seems sad. Childhood has so much of happiness, enthusiasm, hopes, learning, curiosity, possibilities, dreams, plays, laughter. A stage we learn to raise again from falling.

I see forgiveness in childhood but I see hatred in adulthood. I see friendly competition in childhood but I see fights in adulthood. I see games in childhood but I see wars in adulthood. I see unconditional love and compassion in childhood, but I see conditional expectation in adulthood.So, are adults grown up? How come we are disintegrating as we are growing older? We are growing in physical but we are shrinking in values.

We punish ourself for failure, we restricted our unlimited imagination, we forgotten how to let go and move on, we forgotten how to smile, we forgotten how to play, we forgotten how to be happy. So I ask again, are we really growing up?

Whenever we face any challenges in life or living any joyous moment, always remember to bring out the child in us, let the child in us as long as we live ^^