the blessing of kids

i am grown up.
i am almost 23 and i think like an adult. i talk like one, i walk like one and i behave like one (sure not always but often enough ;)
we as adults are complicated and so cought up in our problems that we so often do not see the joy of life. in my time in mosbach i had some really hard days in uni. we had some brutal lessons and it wasn't always fun. i would come home from a busy and exhausting day in uni and would find three amazing boys at the door who couldn't wait to see me again. in my time in mosbach i lived with the benselers, a family i met on board the MV Doulos. they have three adorable boys and it only took a while and i became number four. i loved being the bigger brother and playing with them. manu, the youngest one would give me a hug as soon as i openend the door. he jumped on my arms and remaind there for sometimes a really long time. we washed dishes together, did laundry, eat together and sometimes even wrote emails together.
there is nothing more amazing in the world then having a little child on your arm that tells you that it loves you and wants to play with you.

we as adults forget what life is really all about. we think we know how life works as we had many experiences and many hard years that tought us many lessons but to be honest we forget what life should be like. i always loved having manu or the others (sami and joshi) around as they showed me that life is not hard and brutal and unfair but that life is what you make out of it. sure in the mind of an adult life is unfair and hard (which it sometimes really is) but is it not us who read to much into things? arn't we the real problem here?
i love to watch little children go trough their day. i wish i could be the same. if you ask a child what it will do tomorrow it will say "i don't know" and it will be happy. if you ask a adult what he will do the next day he will give you a list of things to do and he will not be happy.

the last two days i had the blessing to be around my two little cousin's (6 and 11).
we went to the zoo together and i tell you i haven't had that much fun in a long time. i was dead as we came home but i was happy. larissa and natascha are some of the most cute and smart kids i've ever met. both have blond hair and blue eyes and their faces are sprinkled with freckles. i am proud to be the bigger cousin and even feel a bit like the bigger brother.

what i love about kids is that they are always honest about their feelings towards you. they will show you if they like you and the oposite. kids are the most honest people in the world. i was amazed to see how open and friendly they were towards me as i haven't seen them in three long years. it took them only split seconds to open up. and it only took a split second and i was in love with them ;)

this world needs children, this world needs these little humans that remind us that life can be fun. watch the kids and learn.
sebi