Be Brave Little One

"always keep a little prayer in your pocket
and you're sure to see the light..
soon there'll be joy and happiness
and your little world will be bright.

don't cry little one
there'll be a smile when your wishes come true
you must try to be brave little one...
someone's waiting to love you..."

Why do we always have to put up a brave face? Why are we afraid to show how we really feel? We do not have to pretend to be somebody we are not... to show that we're okay when we are not. Yes, we really have to be brave and try to show our true colors.

When we were kids, we are very much aware of our true colors.... much the less, our true emotions. There is so much honesty and sincerity in almost everything we do. When we are hungry or thirsty, we basically tell our moms and dads that we're hungry. When we feel cold, we do ask our moms for jackets or perhaps a warm hug. When we feel like crying, we do call on our siblings, our parents or friends and cry on to them.

Didn't you notice that as we grew older, we tend to go far from being honest and sincere -- far for being our own true selves. We've learned to pretend... to cover up... to become actors and actresses and play different roles. We drive away from our own true selves -- from being the innocent children that we are. The children who's idea of life is to simply love and be loved.

The dream of returning to innocence as I've said is just within our reach. We just have to relearn the things we do when we were kids. Rediscover life and living it with nothing else but love.

I do hope we all get to have the courage and be brave enough to go back to innocence. Only then we will all know who we really are.