Hi Anita,

By wanting to reply to your post I inadvertently reported it. Apologies for that.

I think it is so important to always remember the child in ourselves, the child that is growing and moving on foerever. I think it is a socially accepted thing that after your teenage years, you stop growing. And I used to think as a child, that should never forget what it is to be a child as it seems all the adults around me had forgotten.
I think the child in us never goes away, and it is the truest and most innocent thing we own. I am not saying that being adult and not being AN adult is bad, but I think we must remind ourselves of that child inside of us. I do not really know how to put it, but that child is our inner self, and by giving them attention, love and caring, they will give back a lot. And we will keep on growing with that. One of the difference between an adult and a child, is the capicity for resilience. I would argue, thus, that an adult is just its inner child with more experience, more tools like resilience so that they can protect themselves from harm, and they can stand up for themselves. In a way, becoming adult occurs on the material side(being able to feed oneself etc.), and on the emotional side too. About spirituality, I think it develops throughout life, wisdom does not equal age.

It may sound silly, and I am still just 19 but I thought it would be important to share that as I am not far away from childhood, at least not so much.