RESIGNATION

           I am hereby officially tendering
           my resignation as an adult. I have
           decided I would like to accept the
           responsibilities of an 8 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 a sidewalk with
           rocks.

           I want to think M&Ms are better than
           money because you can eat them.
           I want to lie under a big oak tree and
           run a lemonade stand with my friends
           on a hot summer's day.

           I want to return to a time
           when life was simple;
           When all you knew were colors,
           multiplication tables, and nursery
           rhymes, but that didn't bother you,
           because you didn't know what you
           didn't know and you didn't care.

           All you knew was to be happy because
           you were blissfully unaware of
           all the things that should make you
           worried or upset.

           I want to think the world is fair.
           That everyone is honest and good.
           I want to believe that anything is
           possible.

           I want to be oblivious
           to the complexities of life and be
           overly excited by the little things
           again.

           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.

           So . . . here's my checkbook
           and my car-keys, my credit card bills
           and my 401K statements. I am officially
           resigning from adulthood.

           And if you want to discuss this
           further, you'll have to catch me
           first, cause........
           ....."Tag! You're it."

           Pass this to someone and brighten
           their day by helping them remember
           the Simple things in Life.
           ((((((((((((HUGS))))))))))))))

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