Archive for December 18th, 2004

2004.12.18

Does Anyone Remember?

I remember as a child when I didn’t regard the world as a dangerous place but as a world of adventure…

Does anyone remember when no one locked their front door? I remember as a kid I’d run over to my friend’s house and go straight in without knocking. I remember when no one wore bicycle helmets. We made ramps out of plywood and bricks and I jumped my Huffy with the black and yellow striped banana seat over it and into the yard. More often than not I wiped out.

Sometimes I feel like we’ve lost something between then and now. When I was young, doors were unlocked and the keys were in the ignition. Today we lock our cars, we lock our homes and, by extension, ourselves and our society. A locked door does not say, “Welcome, neighbor!” We lock ourselves away to protect those we love, yet what is the best way to protect them? Security systems and bicycle helmets?

I remember as a child when I didn’t regard the world as a dangerous place but as a world of adventure that was a lot of fun despite cuts, scrapes, bruises and, at least once, a nail through my foot. I’m sure my parents worried about me and sometimes I was told to be more careful, but they never stopped me. “Go outside and play,” my Mom would tell us when we got home from school. I didn’t think much of it then, but I love her for it now.

2004.12.18

Trillionaire

I hadn’t looked at my Blogshares account in a long time. Imagine my suprise when I discovered I am worth over four trillion dollars…! Once again, I only wish this were applicable in real life. *sigh*