Child-like

 

I often hear people described as childish, or child-like in a pejorative sort of way, but I think that it can be a very good thing to be child-like. 

Children forgive easier and they are comforted so much easier. A treasured stuffed animal, a hug, or a favorite blankie can go miles towards making child-like people capable of surviving. 

I'm not saying they actually heal faster, or better, although some do, but they can be comforted over and over again along that long road to healing.

In some ways I think children and child-like people actually feel things harder and deeper. They don't have the cushions adults have picked up along the way, but they just walk farther from the edge and they are more willing to accept help when it is there.

It is almost as if we are born perfect and that perfection is chipped away, or buried under debris as the years go by. When that doesn't happen it is both a blessing and a miracle.