Hearing the
sounds now of children playing and laughing from the nearby elementary school.
Innocence. Soon they will be filled with knowledge, most of it useless, and beaten
down with responsibility, forced to grow up in a world not of their making; one
if you believe the pessimists is growing more cold and cruel with each passing
day. These days by the time most get to middle school, they are already scaled
down adults filled with stress and/or trying to live up to somebody’s idea of
contrived expectations. The least we can do is respect the Dao and try to make
the world a better place for them.
