Why am I surprised to find that
There are 'Me's' whom I've not yet met?
Seriously, how many Me's does
Ravi (whose youthful think tank is
Naturally unrestrained) reveal while
She and I are enjoying our playdates?
Let’s glance through just a few
Furious Ravi!
Sleepy Ravi
Fearless Ravi
Imaginative Ravi
Fearful Ravi
Mischievous Ravi
Funny Ravi
BFF Ravi
Fully confident Ravi
Super hero Ravi
Surprised Ravi
Creative Ravi
Exhausted Ravi
Delighted Ravi
Ravi of the jungle
Ravi, defying authority, daring to do whatever she wants
Sad Ravi
Innocent Ravi, so easy to love
Ravi who loves to share in delight
Girlie Ravi
Princess Ravi all abloom in the garden
Adorable Ravi, hamming it up
AHA! It's insight time!
Whereas my earliest years were
Spent absorbing whatever it took to 'fit' my
Free spirited, well-rounded, open-minded personality
Into society's well mannered, four cornered box—
During my later years, I've been
Adventuring ever more expansively toward
Whatever it takes to release (and reveal) more and
More of me from continuing to feel unnaturally
Constrained by having experienced a lifetime of society's
Rules and restraints so as to come full circle concerning
Freeing my spirit to feel as furious about being boxed in as
I feel free to rejoice about being fully alive as is true of
Ravi's full range of natural reactions, which, like mine, exist
Between two poles (a delighted state of wonderment at one end
Full blown outrage at the other), all of which can be readily seen
By watching a well loved child, whose sense of personal security is
Nurtured by adults while she goes about experiencing every aspect of
Her day-to-day life—expressing her well balanced, full range of
Emotional reactions—naturally—and if you ask:
How can adults recreate that sense of free spirited
Existential freedom when, unlike Ravi, the world has offered
Your spirit and mine sound reason to shrink back fearfully or
Toughen up and push back, having developed an attitude of
Skepticism so as to protect our very real human vulnerabilities
From pain? I'd reply:
Well, my friends, in answer to that question, it should come as
No surprise that my think tank has conjured up a plan ...
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