To Whom it May Concern

I saw this posted in a joke forum, and it seemed so out of place, it really got me thinking. Sure there are drawbacks to being children, but go ahead, give this a read........ and reflect.

To whom it may concern
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I hereby officially tender my resignation as an adult. I have decided
I would like to accept the responsibilities of a 6 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
ripples with rocks. I want to think M&Ms are better than money,
because you can eat them. I want to play kickball during recess and
paint with watercolors in art. I want to lie under a big Oak tree and
run a lemonade stand with my friends on a hot summers' day. I want to
return to a time when life was simple. When all you knew were colors,
addition tables and simple nursery rhymes, but that didn't bother
you, because you didn't know what you didn't know and you didn't
care. When all you knew was to be happy because you didn't know all
the things that should make you worried and upset. I want to think
that the world is fair. That everyone in it is honest and good.
I want to believe that anything is possible. Somewhere in my youth...
I matured and I learned too much. I learned of nuclear weapons, war,
prejudice, starvation and abused children. I learned of lies, unhappy
marriages, suffering, illness, pain and death. I learned of a world
where men left their families to go and fight for our country, and
returned only to end up living on the streets... begging for their
next meal. I learned of a world where children knew how to kill...
and did! What happened to the time when we thought that everyone
would live forever, because we didn't grasp the concept of death?
When we thought the worst thing in the world was if someone took the
jump rope from you or picked you last for kickball? I want to be
oblivious to the complexity of life and be overly excited by little
things once again. I want to return to the days when reading was fun
and music was clean. When television was used to report the news or
for family entertainment and not to promote sex, violence and deceit.
I remember being naive and thinking that everyone was happy because I
was. I would walk on the beach and only think of the sand between my
toes and the prettiest seashell I could find. I would spend my
afternoons climbing trees and riding my bike. I didn't worry about
time, bills or where I was going to find the money to fix my car.
I used to wonder what I was going to do or be when I grew up, not
worry about what I'll do if this doesn't work out. 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. I want to be 6
again.

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"Of course, everything looks bad if you remember it!"
Homer Simpson