resignation

(taken from "The Early Bird Cathces The Worm But The Second Mouse Gets The Cheese")

I am hereby officially tendering my resignation as an adult.

I have decided I would like to accept the responsibilities of an 8 year-old again.

I want to go to McDonald's and think that it's a four star restaurant.

I want to sail sticks across a fresh mud puddle and make a sidewalk with rocks.

I want to think M&Ms are better than money because you can eat them. I want to lie under a big acacia tree and run a lemonade stand with my friends on a hot summer's day.

I want to return to a time when life was simple; When all you knew were colors, multiplication tables, and nursery rhymes, but that didn't bother you, because you didn't know what you didn't know and you didn't care. All you knew was to be happy because you were blissfully unaware of all the things that should make you worried or upset.

I want to think the world is fair. That everyone is honest and good.

I want to believe that anything is possible. I want to be oblivious to the complexities of life and be overly excited by the little things again.

I want to live simple again. I don't want my day to consist of computer crashes, mountains of paperwork, depressing news, how to survive more days in the month than there is money in the bank, doctor bills, gossip, illness, and loss of loved ones.

I want to believe in the power of smiles, hugs, a kind word, truth, justice, peace, dreams, the imagination, mankind, and making angels in the snow.

So...here's my checkbook and my car-keys, my credit card bills and my RRSP statements. I am officially resigning from adulthood. And if you want to discuss this further, you'll have to catche me first, cause... "Tag! You're it."

Enjoy life. Life is too short for us to miss the good things.

There's only so much we can eat in a day. Even with a closet full of clothes, I can only wear one pair of pants at a time. I've only got two feet, and having a hundred pairs of fancy Italian shoes would not make me walk faster and farther.

I want to go back to enjoying life's simpler things. And trusting God and thanking Him for His goodness and really enjoying life to the fullest.

And so, resignation... meaning, to resign from being an adult - that is, the freedom-choking sophistication, over-urbanization and anxiety-driven complexities of adulthood - resigining from all that is not so bad after all.

"Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you'll recover your life. I'll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me - watch how i do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won't lay anything hevay or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you'll learn to live freely and lightly. (Matthew 11:28-30) ;)