do you still experience joy like a child
By vegegirl
@vegegirl (828)
Australia
August 13, 2011 8:45am CST
When I am with my nieces and nephews and their friends I notice they can get extrememly excited when they are having lots of fun.
We took them to a kids fun place once and they would squeal with joy on the ride. I have seen them get like this other times and even had to pull them up from squealing too loud in case someone things they are squealing for the wrong reasons.
I hardly/if ever see adults get like this unless they are drinking. Do you think you still get as joyful as a child does without any alcohol? Do other adults you know get like this?
I wonder if people are more naturally ecstatic in countries where they don't drink alcohol? Or is it simply growing up and being an adult that stops us feeling like this?
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10 responses
@flowerfest08 (1677)
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14 Aug 11
hi:)
I always feel the same way when I'm playing with my niece and her friends, usually every Saturday they visit us here in our house and we play,hide and seek and make believes, like I am the teacher and they are my student, and it was fun, their laugh is amazing like its affecting me, I feel I'm back to being a child every time I'm with them
@vegegirl (828)
• Australia
14 Aug 11
Yes we are lucky we can "borrow" our nieces sometimes, it is funny to think if we babysit sometimes that we are also getting a benefit from it. My niece that lives near me has such a lovely nature that she is often a joy to be around (except when she is very tired or a little upset).
@vegegirl (828)
• Australia
13 Aug 11
That sounds nice. Sometimes I try and remember to enjoy the basic things around me, when I walk along a path beside the beach I try and remember how beatiful it can be around me. It's funny how you don't appreciate things that you experience a lot uness you make an effort to do so.
@bholebaba19 (307)
• India
14 Aug 11
HI friend,yes i also feel so when I am with my daughter Tanisha.I feel like my childhood come back .and I play ,fight,fun,it is very enjoyable.and I think every person feel the same when they are with there kids or with children.have a nice day....
@eynjel_1988 (330)
• Philippines
14 Aug 11
Well I can still feel the happiness just like when I was a child but not as same as when I am a kid. Maybe because of my age that I am aware of what is happening around me. I am aware of the problems that I am facing. Compared when I am only a child, I only think of myself as if everything is okay.
Honestly, I wish to be a kid again. No worries, no problems, everything is fine. But definitely I can't. Even though I have lots of problems, lots of responsibilities, I don't take that negatively since I know that problem is always part of life. You cannot call yourself as a matured person if you don't face problems.
@rajaiv0810 (1012)
• Philippines
14 Aug 11
Oh I still do especially when I am with my children. Sometimes I can be more of a child than them. There are times they would tell me "mom you are already a mother and not a baby." When I am with them playing I can really laugh and squeak and just have fun like a child. I don't want to grow from this stage to be honest. 
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@srmailtosr (425)
• India
13 Aug 11
Truly saying it's no. I long to go back to my child hood. But i know it is not possible. I always like to the childishness in my heart. I very much like watching children playing themselves with others.Child hood is really a missing thing to me nowadays.
@QeeGood (1213)
• Sweden
13 Aug 11
Very often now a days I experience joy like a little child. There are many things I wanted to do when I was a child, that I couldn't do for certain reasons. Now as a middleaged lady I do activities as most children do now a days. I go horse back riding with children and adults. When I do well or have a visible improvement I am joyful as a little girl. I try to do and experience what I missed as a little child as an adult.
