Charger Opinion

All I want is a cookie

Holley Roberts and Dana Johnson, Charger Staff

We’re all very serious these days, right? So much going on... responsiblities, applications, deadlines, jobs, relationships and all the other pre-adulthood struggles we encounter. Sometimes you feel so big and bad, so high and mighty, so intelligent that you could surely run the Catholic Church better than the Pope himself or cure an economic disaster entirely on your own, right?

You’re too old for trick-or-treating and birthday parties. Besides, who has the time? Life is taking you where it wants to go, and you’re along for the ride.

But maybe, behind your “grown-up” facade, you envy the mild, casual lifestyle of a carefree six-year old, wherein the biggest catastrophe rarely involves more than a hot-wheel or a barbie doll?

Forget the fact that, in reality, you need to think about the future, your college and career plans, war, international mishaps and other lovely little problems.

All you really want is the last chocolate chip cookie, which your little brother is maliciously clutching in his chubby little hand.

But, alas! We’re growing up and there’s nothing we can do to stop the inevitable.

However, we all have a choice as to how we’ll go about our adult lives. You’ll either learn to be a stuffy office-worker who values his high-income home more than the loved ones who live in it.

You’ll do what you’ve always dreamed of doing, use your creative talents and passions with no regard for money or frivolous material possessions.

You will soak in the joys of life, show compassion and regard for others, and view life through the simple eyes of a child, having added your own touch of character and wisdom.

~Article prepared for web by Steven Linger and Joy Wheeler~