I wish i were a child again

I wish I could go back to those days
when life was so simple and all I cared about
was eating, playing and sleeping.
Then I didn't have to worry about
what tomorrow would bring
because that was beyond the realm of my thinking.
My wants were so simple and I didn't feel any pressure.
I didn't have to experience headaches over work
and heartaches over losing a loved one or a friend.
I was so forgiving and always so happy
because my needs and wants were so simple.
I didn't have to ponder the complexities of life.
There were no complications -- just plain and simple satisfaction.
When I was a child, I could hardly wait to grow up.
Now that I have grown up, I can't stop wishing to become a child again.
Had I still been a child,
I wouldn't have to spend my waking hours
Working just so I could afford to live
I wouldn't have to spend so many hours in front of a computer.
I wouldn't have to check my e-mail or my Friendster account.
I wouldn't have to wait for my phone to ring,
and I wouldn't have to check it if I have received any messages.
I wouldn't have to clean my room, do the laundry and cook.
I wouldn't have to read the newspapers.
I wouldn't care who won or lost in the elections.
I wouldn't wish that Osama bin Laden would be caught soon.
I wouldn't care if the value of the doller went down
or the prices of the commodities skyrocketed.
I wouldn't care about all the problems this world has.
I wouldn't have to worry if my clothes matched
or if my hair were in place. I wouldn't care if a friend left me.
I wouldn't care if my parents were disappointed with me.
I wouldn't care if I had no special someone
and I wouldn't wonder when I would find one.
I wouldn't have fallen in love,
cried over the break-up
and spent sleepless nights over it.
But if I were still a child, I would still have
a long way to travel just to be
where I am right now.
I can't imagine myself experiencing
again everything that I went through.
I wouldn't have experienced the joy
of graduating from high school, and now,
I wouldn't have experienced the thrill
of seeing my parents so proud of me.
I wouldn't have experienced the joys and pains of growing up.
I wouldn't have experienced the beauty of being in love.
I wouldn't have understood what life is all about.
I wouldn't have realized the beauty of living.
And I wouldn't have understood that living is learning.
So even though it's great to have
my simple childhood satisfaction back again,
i'm just happy that i've reached where i am right now.
There may be more downs than ups with my life right now,
there may be times when i could go cynical, but at the end of it all,
i'm just glad things happened just the way they are.

Anyways, things happen for a reason, right?????