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Originally Posted by garinda
If you had the chance today, to meet the seven year old child that was you, choose five words to describe that child
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I think I'd need more than 5
& not all of them would be complimentary
But for this exercise I'll be kind to me !
Adventurous
Dependable
Exuberant
Gregarious
Happy
Adventurous - in that we were always out & about & getting up to stuff, but as stated elsewhere we couldn't cause to much mischief as we were known (well our parents had many friends & they always seemed to know)
Dependable - My Father worked shifts at HMP & my Mum was always flitting about helping neighbours & doing a couple of hours cleaning at the School in the evenings. As the Eldest my little Brother & Sister needed watching I was it !
Exuberant - Our little "Gang" always seemed to be at top speed, on our push bikes, round the park playing Footie, (Off down the canal) or just playing in the street. There just weren't enough hours in the day to do all the things we wanted to, so we'd do things quickly to cram more in.
Gregarious - The "Gang" was our being, we went everywhere together & did things together, Playing, Fighting with each other, Footie, Scrumpin', Swimming, getting into trouble, we did it together.
Happy - Does it really need an explanation ?
What I am today ? It's a World apart from that carefree 7 year old. I still have many friends, we meet & laugh & joke, share experiences, but maturity & parts of life I've witnessed, seen & partaken in, have all left their marks.
Reliable & Dependable still, but I find that the awareness of my own mortality & that of those close to & around me has tempered the exuberance. There is a more serious & earnest edge to my actions & re-actions. (I am no longer invincible, this I've painfully learnt & I really am not getting any younger.)
Happy ? after a fashion, no longer the boundless joy & optimism once experienced in youth, but a more sage & retrospective balancing of the good things in life against the inevitable sorrows we are destined to experience.
Changed perhaps isn't quite the term to adopt in respect of the above. Intrinsically I'm still me inside with the same mischief & merriment of those Halcyon days, possibly a more fitting expression would be "Experienced" I have lived & experienced life !!