What I wouldn't give to have my
innocence back. Losing your innocence happens in many ways: it could happen
when you lose someone you love, when you lose yourself to someone you love, or
when two people you love, lose their love for each other. AKA: divorce, death,
infidelity, basically, I define losing your innocence as the moment you realize
that the world is not seamless, that you are not invincible, that you can be
damaged, that your brain does not easily forget, and that you can no longer
view things with un-tainted beliefs.
Sometimes our innocence is stolen
from us; sometimes we give it away without knowing what comes next.
Maybe it’s as simple as losing
your faith? It’s the downfall of the perfect and beautiful reality you have
during childhood (unless you lost it previous to that by some ill-fated
occurrences). Maybe it’s as simple as losing the ability to bounce back from a
bad experience?
I’m not sure what I would
consider to be the exact definition, but it’s along those lines, I think.
People in their adulthood (and
sooner) will seek to re-discover their faith (innocence) by joining a religion,
by choosing to believe in something that can never let them down. By joining in
on a written guide to their personal and eternal happiness, something that
tells them: everything will be all right if they follow the rules. This is fine
for some people. This is something I wish I could more easily be a part of. I
wish I could turn my cheek to all of my tainted thoughts and get lost in my
childhood imagination again where everything turned out ok.
The fact of the matter is that I
can’t at this point, just like most people can’t. Of course I continue to try
and find that faith again, but I guess my point is that, I hope you help the
people around you keep their childlike faith, because when they lose it, they
will spend the rest of their lives trying to find it again. Keep yourself pure
so that you can experience the most pure form of life, love, and happiness.
