{"id":20439,"date":"2022-08-12T14:49:31","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T18:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/?p=20439"},"modified":"2022-08-12T16:46:48","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T20:46:48","slug":"the-view-from-here-tap-into-your-inner-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/blogs\/afternoons\/2022\/08\/the-view-from-here-tap-into-your-inner-child\/","title":{"rendered":"The View From Here &#8211; Tap Into Your Inner Child"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had a half a cantaloupe this morning.\u00a0 And yesterday too.\u00a0 And each time it reminded me of childhood.\u00a0 Days spent on my grandparents farm in the summer.\u00a0 I remember those days of sitting at the table with half a melon in front of me.<\/p>\n<p>My grandparents would put salt on theirs &#8220;to bring out the flavour&#8221;.\u00a0 \u00a0I remember sprinkling sugar on top.\u00a0 And we just scooped it out with a spoon.\u00a0 And then we would run outside and play all day long.\u00a0 Nothing but grass and fields all around us.<\/p>\n<p>There are days now, I will take my dog for a walk and I will walk through the grass of a field and be transported back to those summer days on the farm.\u00a0 Playing badminton with my brothers and sister, or riding our bikes, blowing bubbles.\u00a0 Some of the best memories.\u00a0 Days on &#8220;the farm&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>I was listening to a <a href=\"https:\/\/lifesseasonsspeaks.buzzsprout.com\/1780268\/11101624-being-childish\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">podcast<\/a> recently about going back to childish ways.\u00a0 How much we are told to stop acting so childish, when in fact, it might be just what we NEED to do.\u00a0 We need to remember who we were as a little person.\u00a0 The one that stood in awe of the world.\u00a0 Who got excited over little things.\u00a0 Who we were before the world broke us down little by little.\u00a0 Which so easily happens.<\/p>\n<p>We need to have a playdate.\u00a0 With our inner child.\u00a0 To reconnect with ourselves. And I LOVE that idea.\u00a0 What if we made time for that?\u00a0 For ourselves?\u00a0 To go back and do something we loved doing as a kid.<\/p>\n<p>I have those moments.\u00a0 Maybe it comes when eating a half a melon with a spoon.\u00a0 \u00a0Or blowing bubbles.\u00a0 \u00a0Or running through the garden hose without a care in the world.\u00a0 Those moments are the best moments.\u00a0 Laughing out loud at something silly.<\/p>\n<p>Find those moments for yourself.\u00a0 Get in touch with your silly side.\u00a0 That child that you used to be.\u00a0 And see what happens.<\/p>\n<p>Eat cereal for breakfast.\u00a0 Watch cartoons.\u00a0 Colour.\u00a0 Dance in the rain and splash in a puddle.<\/p>\n<p>That little you is still in there.\u00a0 Just waiting for a chance to play again.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:cbuchanan@blackburnmedia.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cbuchanan@blackburnmedia.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I had a half a cantaloupe this morning.\u00a0 And yesterday too.\u00a0 And each time it reminded me of childhood.\u00a0 Days spent on my grandparents farm in the summer.\u00a0 I remember those days of sitting at the table with half a melon in front of me. 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