Where is The Baby in Us?

Recently, I have the chance to go about interacting with kids. Some time last week, I went to do CIP in Toa Payoh Care Corner. It was really a fun experience, though some little girl called me something... :( Haha

What really struck me was that I was going there to teach them something. However, they taught me more than what I taught them. Seeing the kids there really make me see a different side of humans. The kids were around Lower Primary. They are in the stage of rooting, just like the sprouting of beans. By that, I mean that they are starting to face the realities of the world. We were all born pure and innocent. But as we start to grow, we start to acquire the traits of evil in us. I see kids fighting and the hatred glowing through their eyes. I see kids lying, thinking they can get their way through. I see kids backstabbing and sabotaging other kids. I see kids ostracizing other kids just because they are different. The amazing thing is that adults like us are doing things exactly the way these kids do things, just on a more destructive scale.

Just today, my cousin visited my family. Her kids were super cute. There was a baby that is around 1 year plus. His eyes were glowing with curiosity. His face was ever radiant with happiness, stranger to the harsh reality of the world. I can't bear to think that all of us were once like this before. Everyone, ranging from the top notch politician to the dark violent gangster. We were all pure. Where is the baby in us?

My church once taught us on a passage in the bible, which I can't recall where, that it is the people with the heart of a child will be able to enter the kingdom of God. I can now fanthom what it means. We were all so pure, all so cute, all so adorable. Yet, we are all so different now. This is a very sad fact.

But I believe that everyone has a baby in them. Lets just hope that we will be able to find that in us. Sometimes I look at my baby photos and I can't bear not to smile. Sometimes, I can't even believe it was me. Haha...


By the way, the photo is one of my baby photo taken with my sis. :)