The other day I watched at the park as Finn and a little girl had a conversation. I felt like it was so relevant in the world today. The little girl, who was probably a year to two older than Finn, came up and started playing. Finn asked her, "what is your favorite animal?" She replied, " giraffe or flamingo." Finn told her "I'm a tiger." Then Finn told her how it it was hot "because the sun up there." She then asked him if he wanted to play princesses. He said he wanted to play "planets." Off they went playing princesses and planets.
I thought that this was a perfect example of how life could function if we all acted as children. The phrase "acting like a child" usually has a negative connotation, but I think that are so many positives to acting like a child. Finn and this little girl did not share the same favorite animal. They did not hate each other for it. They did not stop talking because of it. They did not try to convert the other one into being a flamingo lover or a tiger lover. They did not protest to try to get the other one thrown out of the park. They did not rally to get legislation passed to not allow the other one to play princess or play planets because that wasn't their choice. They just accepted each other as is, agreeing to disagree, and getting along just fine.
What fun would have been missed out on had they decided to only play with someone who liked tigers and planets, or giraffes and princesses.
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