As children we all have that one favourite place that we love going too; may be that's because it makes us feel secure. I believe it's every child's way of recreating the 'womb experience' where no one or nothing can harm it; a comfort zone of sorts.
I'm a single child with working parents and I didn't really have many friends to play with before I started going to school, just one to be precise. I vividly remember the long walks with dad, mom and my childhood bestie which more often than not ended with chocobar ice cream; bliss! The walk was preceded by a heart-pumping session at 'horsy' garden; the only garden in the vicinity - a big open space with lots of sand, a slide, two pairs of swings, a seesaw and yes a magnificent white horse that stood in the middle of the garden.
Though the sands of time have pretty much blurred the memories of the fun times my friend and I had in this garden there are a few things that I will never forget. Sometimes we'd spend hours among the creeky swings, the yellow slide with blue stairs that took us all the way up, the blue see saw.. and not even realise when it'd be time to leave! Childhood was defined very differently then. The 80's-kids were the last generation that grew up smelling the roses if I may, the last generation that managed to strike a balance between life and everything else; most 80-borns would agree with me. School was more than grades, football was larger than laying the foundation for future sports scholarships, dance classes went beyond competing with other aspirant dancers and there was a life beyond computer games and hi-tech gadgets.
We hear today about so many cases where young children succumbing to peer pressure and materialism resort to satisfy their wants immorally and antisocially. Of course we cannot blame them for they are born in a different time. That said we as the past need to keep the present grounded in their roots no matter how much they grow toward the future. for progress doesn't spell annihilation of origin and modernity doesn't lead to doom for tradition. Yes, change is inevitable and definitely good alright but somethings, somethings are best unchanged!
We hear today about so many cases where young children succumbing to peer pressure and materialism resort to satisfy their wants immorally and antisocially. Of course we cannot blame them for they are born in a different time. That said we as the past need to keep the present grounded in their roots no matter how much they grow toward the future. for progress doesn't spell annihilation of origin and modernity doesn't lead to doom for tradition. Yes, change is inevitable and definitely good alright but somethings, somethings are best unchanged!
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