Being the baby in us

Introduction

I haven't been much of a baby person. I have never really spent much time with babies all this time.

But the last 2 years have been really special for me. It was made special first by my niece and then my

daughter. Both of them have taught me a lot and brought a whole lot of new perspectives into my life.

Yes! baby :)

Carefree

I envy the way babies are so care free. Watching them play is so heart-warming. They don't care about

the outcome, society, judgements or just about anything. Very straightforward and they do whatever they

like. Of course as grown-ups we need to provide them their needs and a safe environment. But for sure

we can take a leaf from their book for a break from our restrictive and stressful lives.

Finding happiness

As grown-ups we often struggle to find happiness in life. It is surprising the way babies find happiness in

the things we least expect from. They are so successful in their search for happiness that will put us to

shame. The trick is to find happiness in the smallest of things. Then for sure we would be happy most of

the time.

Free thinking

How often do we do things or at least think out of the ordinary? In the process of growing up, we got

programmed to ways where we think only in certain ways. We see only what we were taught to see.

Blame it on indoctrination. We are worried about the society judging us. I see babies find details that we

often easily miss. They are able to think freely. They solve problems using simple solutions. We

overthink and complicate.

Curiosity

Yeah we were curious once. We used to explore stuff, fill our hunger for curiosity and stimulate our

senses. Long gone are those days. Now we are content with what we already know. It is so delightful to

observe babies going after things one after other, without ever getting tired. They touch, bite and hit the

stuff they see, to satisfy their never ending curiosity.

Playful

Babies like to play. They like to move around. Kick the ball, throw their toy or whatever they find amusing.

They invent new games on their own. We should also be playing games (“exercise”) at least for the sake

of our health and feel good hormones. Play the games with babies and it will be more fun for both.

Forgive and forget

This one is really impressive. Many a times babies get upset with elders or other babies for multiple

reasons. But have we noticed how quickly they get over it and bounce back. They don't hold any grudge

or resentment. And definitely zero ego. They forget about it soon enough, so that the mental balance and

the relationship normalcy is restored. For sure, we should learn this from them.

Conclusion

We all have our own responsibilities in life which has to be executed with planning, which babies won't be

able to do on their own. But in our quest of learning and growth, babies will help for sure. All we need to

do is just observe them and reason. We will be learning a lot and also help to find that lost baby in us. I

will keep adding further points whenever I find one.