et"never lose your childhood enthusiasm." - Under the Tuscan Sun

yesterday while at the school paper's office, my editor was animatedly talking about her love life. i stared at her enthusiastic face and listened to her as she ranted. we were talking for a good 30 minutes when she said, "anong year mo na ba? di ba freshie ka?" i said, "no i'm a junior already." she gave me this shocked look. "Ano? eh kanina pa kita kinakausap na parang freshie!".

this isn't the first time that people mistook me for someone way younger. i can't blame them. i stand only 5'1 and i don't wear make up or dress like i look older. i take it as a compliment whenever people think that i'm in high school. it's fun to be young.

then it got me thinking. when i watched "Under the Tuscan Sun", a line caught my attention:

"never lose your childhood enthusiasm."

i realized that being young is such a fun thing to be. when we grow old we begin to lose our enthusiasm in appreciating the little things. our age becomes a barrier into driving us to do new things. some people say, "I'm too old for trying that" or "It's too late". i think that's the wrong attitude because age should not stop us from driving us into what we really want to achieve. even the little things like taking up an old hobby or rekindling an old interest.

when people grow old they also tend to go through tougher times and it's hard to be happy- childlike happy. if you know what i mean. so i made a promise to myself that no matter what happens i will never lose my childhood enthusiasm because it's fun to be shallow and it's fun to appreciate the little things that other people don't even pay attention to. it's fun to appreciate life like watching sunsets, appreciating the different colors of the sky as the sun rises, splashing your feet into puddles after it rained, singing in the shower, getting all the red Skittles, and getting that extra 5 minutes of sleep after your alarm goes off.

i'm no Dr. Phil but i know what my philosophy in life is and that alone makes me happy. it keeps me sane.

if growing up means taking the best things in life for granted or having too high expectations, then i might not want to grow up anymore!