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Day 6, 30 day writing challenge

 
                   
 
The Storybook Ride and the tracks from Casey Jr's circus train running side by side.  When I look at this picture, I think Disneyland, followed by Fantasyland.  This picture evokes memories of fairy tales and childhood.  A time when innocence prevailed and the troubles of the world belonged to the adults.
 
Once we reach adulthood, we are saddled with the trials of the world and the job of keeping it from the youth.  I'm not saying they shouldn't know about it, but I suppose easing them into today's trials is hard when you want them to be aware of what lies outside the door, without being afraid to step out of it.
 
I don't mean to make this post so dreary, if it is dreary, just something that has run through my head when I think back to my childhood and how much easier things seemed to be.  No cellphones, no social media, no 24 hour news channels...no becoming slaves to all of them, as we tweet, Facebook, text, and hang on the words of people telling us about the world.
 
I'm all for knowing about current events and the happenings in the world, but every so often, don't forget to remember the innocence in the world too.  It can be a beautiful place if we look at it with our hearts and not just our eyes.  I too need to be reminded of this, but just imagine how different it might look if we looked at it with peace and not fear.
 
Until tomorrow...that's all I've got. 
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