I Resign!

To whom it may concern:
I am hereby officially tendering my resignation as an adult.

If you’re like most time-challenged women I know (including myself), retirement from adulthood can sound rather appealing.

Perhaps it is time to step back and really take a hard look at the life you are creating. But before we wax too philosophical,

How about a good laugh? I’m sure you can relate.

To whom it may concern:
I am hereby officially tendering my resignation as an adult.

• I have decided I would like to accept the responsibilities of a 5 year old.
• I want to go to McDonald’s and think that it’s a four star restaurant.
• I want to think the world is fair.
• I want to believe that anything is possible.
• I want to sail sticks across a fresh mud puddle and make ripples in a pond 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 watch the ants march up its trunk.
• I want to run a lemonade stand with my friends on a hot summer’s day.
• I want to think that everyone is honest and good.
• I want to think a quarter is worth more than a dollar bill cause it’s prettier and weighs more.
• I want to go fishing and care more about catching the minnows along the shore than the big bass in the lake.
• I want to return to a time when life was simple. When all you knew were colors, multiplication tables, and nursery rhymes. When I didn’t know what I know now. When all I knew was to be happy because I was blissfully unaware of all the things that should make me worried.
• I want to be oblivious to the complexities of life and be overly excited by the little things 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 the loss of loved ones.
• I want to believe in the power of smiles, hugs, a kind word, truth, dreams, the imagination, Santa, the Tooth Fairy, a kiss that makes a boo-boo go away, making angels in the snow and that my dad and Superman are the strongest people in the world.
• So, here’s my checkbook and my car-keys, my credit cards and the bills too, my 401K statements, my stocks & bonds, my collections, my insurance premiums, my job, my house and the payments too, my e-mail address, pager, cell phone, computer, and watch. I am officially resigning from adulthood.

And if you want to discuss this with me further, you’ll have to catch me first, cause,

“Tag!”…
“You’re it!”

(This post was provided by a good friend of mine and it was too cute not to share. Thanks Alta!)

You often exchange your life energy for a life of often unconscious choices. Are your decisions strengthening or depleting your energy? Your financial security? Your health?

Each and every day you exercise the power of choice. The choices you make today are creating tomorrow’s future. Life is all about making decisions that bring you joy, fulfillment and peace of mind. Don’t let the fear of “what ifs” rob you of energy.

The weekend is here. Embrace the joy of childhood freedom, laughter, and fun. Monday will come again soon enough.

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