Little Children

Deep down inside we are all little children. That little person never leaves us. She's down there deep inside your soul and when you feel the pain she comes up to the surface.

The pain of childhood never leaves. It's a scar so deep it's in you forever. You can never forgot that feeling of being scared or lonely or shy and wanting and waiting for someone to comfort you. When those feelings return you become that little child again.

It all goes back to the playground or the classroom or home-not being part of the popular group, not getting invited to a party, not going to a dance. The situation doesn't matter, the feelings are the same. We all just want to be liked and included, as children and adults, and when that doesn't happen, the child comes out in all of us.

Do we ever really grow up? Our bodies may, but inside is different. We may act more mature and responsible but deep down, late at night, we wonder who likes us and who doesn't, do I fit in, am I wearing the right clothes.

We grow up and play roles-mom, wife, daughter, sister, friend. Does the child inside us ever grow up too? The pain of childhood lingers on. It shapes us into the adults we are today, good or bad. When we get hurt or sick, we go back to that little child for comfort. What would she do? What is she feeling? To heal the child we must heal ourselves. The child and adult are one in the same. You must make peace with her, acknowledge her, comfort her. You are her mother now, you are her friend. Treat her like you would want to be treated, and then go out and do the same to others. Heal the wound.