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Second Childhood
I remember when I was young
Hearing folks laugh and joke
About a thing they called
"Second Childhood".
Little did I know,
Until now
How very important
It would have been,
Had someone
Older than myself
Taught me
The real meaning of that phrase!
Old Grandfather had died,
Quickly and quietly
Without experiencing
The effects of "Second Childhood",
Thus the learning of it
Had been lost on me.
Now I'm experiencing the "True" effects
With my mother,
So, I feel inclined
To teach and tell others
Of this most elusive and
Un-talked/ untaught lesson.
When children grow,
They are taught and they learn
To grow in life
And become a part of the family
They were born into.
The key word being, "LEARN".
Unlike one's first childhood,
An adult experiencing "Second Childhood"
Regresses by
"Un-learning" all those "growing" lessons.
Adult children seeing this
And attending to their parents
At this time in their lives,
"WILL",
If unprepared,
Feel impatience, anger, hurt, and remorse
Over having to deal with this happening to
Our loved ones.
I believe that the best way,
Now that I'm in the throws of "Second Childhood"
To approach this experience,
Is with much love and compassion.
Acceptance and patience will be harder,
As in seeing this take place in a mentor
Leaves one fearful that they too
Just might go through it.
I can't help but think of the passage
In the Bible
Where the disciples of Jesus
Are trying to keep the children
From coming to him and interrupting
His time to teach.
His response was to tell them,
"Suffer not the little children to come unto me,
And forbid them not,
For such is the Kingdom of God".
The he said,
"Unless ye become as a child,
You shall not enter the kingdom of heaven."
So, my friends,
It is in this "Un-learning" of "Earthly Ways",
That we actually "Purify" our spirits
To become that "innocence"
Which is required
To move on "Spiritually"
Into the next realm of living! Amen!
© 2006 Richard Dean Cook
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
tellingbird@hotmail.com
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