So thanks to a very heated and argument on chat about openess in sexuality vs maturity  I came to think about something very important:  The Inner Child

Lets face it, everyone has an inner child, that little kid inside all of us that says “I wanna have fun!”  I think that everyone’s desire to enjoy themselves comes from the inner child and that it is an integral part of our personalities.  In some people the inner child manifests itself more then others, in others it is suppressed more than others and needless to say alcohol seems to bring out this inner child more by removing the inhibitions we put on ourselves.

Quite often people talk about maturity vs immaturity and how some people need to be more ‘mature’.  I think thats a load of crap, most of the time people are ‘immature’ because they’re trying to have fun, and if they want to have fun then let them.  What I think happens a lot though is that people who try to have fun do so at the expense of others and this annoys people resulting in the label “immature”.  In these cases I think the word “inconsiderate” is more accurate.  For example, you can be extremely drunk, obnoxious and loud and have the time of your life but just make sure you’re not being loud towards other people who aren’t in such a celebratory mood or disturbing anyone otherwise you’re being inconsiderate.  Also people who think loud and obnoxious people on the street are annoying, you ARE in a public area, not everything can go your way so just deal with it, you can’t force your views on other people.

You can do whatever you want, so long as it is not at the expense of others.

So all in all I think the inner child is something we should all strive to seek out, it makes us happy and allows us to enjoy life.  It’s ok to be silly and laugh at silly things, its not ‘weird’ as some people may think.

We all have an inner child, we should all let it out when we can.