Published 21:04 IST, November 14th 2019
Children’s Day: 5 ways that can help keep your inner child alive
Ask anyone and they will say they cherish childhood memories the most. This Children’s Day, bring your inner child alive. Here are some practices that can help.
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Incent, happy, lively and cheerful - ask anyone and y will say y cherish ir childhood memories most. pure joy of life can be felt in a child as he laughs incently, claps madly and giggles without any reason. Truly, you don’t need a reason to be happy when you are cheerful from within.
“That’s real trouble with world, too many people grow up.” – Walt Disney
Contrary to incence of childhood, adulthood is often described as stressful, mundane and tiring. While we cant control in terms of numbers, we can surely decide how we want to grow up! Your inner child does t have to die for you to qualify as an adult. This Children’s Day, bring your inner child alive and let it play!
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“Caring for your inner child has a powerful and surprisingly quick result: Do it and child heals." – Martha Beck
Keep your inner child alive
"Just imagine becoming way you used to be as a very young child, before you understood meaning of any word, before opinions took over your mind. real you is loving, joyful, and free. real you is just like a flower, just like wind, just like ocean, just like sun." – Miguel Angel Ruiz
Here are some practices that you can imbibe to keep your inner child alive:
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Laugh often: Laugh as often as possible because laughter is considered as best rapy for stress and perhaps best medicine for any kind of emotional pain. It triggers healthy physical and emotional changes in body, boosts mood, kills stress, relaxes body and diminishes pain.
“Laughter is wine for soul - laughter soft, or loud and deep, tinged through with seriousness - hilarious declaration made by man that life is worth living.” ― Sean O'Casey
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Live in moment: You have to let go of worries of tomorrow and regrets of past to be able to live in present. As Louis Tomlinson rightly said, "Live for moment because everything else is uncertain." Living in moment also keeps you aware of world around you and empowers you to make conscious decisions. Don’t let pain of past stop you from smiling today!
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“Happiness, t in ar place but this place...t for ar hour, but this hour.” ― Walt Whitman
Be more honest: t only because “honesty is best policy,” but also because when you are honest, you don’t have to fear. Be it confessing how you feel about someone, admitting your mistakes, appreciating someone’s gestures or being true to yourself, just do it.
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"Pretty much all honest truth telling re is in world is done by children." - Oliver Wendell Holmes
Trust more: Trust more and judge less to keep your relations simple. Children's default is to trust people, y believe and don’t judge ors by way y look or act. more positive our attitude towards is, simpler life gets.
“All world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust.” ― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
Worry less: Kids don’t worry about what ors think, y are what y are. A lot of stress comes from worrying too much about what or people think. Just throw yourself into it fully and be who you are. embrace real you.
“You've gotta dance like re's body watching, love like you'll never be hurt, sing like re's body listening, and live like it's heaven on earth.” - William W Purkey
19:44 IST, November 14th 2019