Think, “Let’s Play”

Can you learn anything new from a four-year-old? Well, they can’t definitely teach you physics, chemistry, or accounting. They can, however, teach you something more valuable you can apply to anything in your life. Believe it or not, a child has more wisdom than most of us and they don’t even realize it. 

Kids are more resilient than most people I know, including myself. They can be angry at you one moment - for not playing with them for five more minutes, or for not buying the toy they saw in the store - and then they’re just suddenly not in a span of a few hours. 

A friend of mine works in the cancer ward at a children’s hospital, and she shared with me the most amazing and humbling realization: despite undergoing such painful treatments, they revert back to their play mode and still have the strength to say, “Let’s play!”

Objectively, the problems we are facing are way bigger and not as inconsequential to our lives as being scolded for staying up past curfew to play more. But to a child, it has the same intensity as a massive business failure. However, there are also instances where they’re in an immensely difficult situation, like the children in the cancer ward. If they can bounce back from all of that, then we, adults, can definitely do that too. 

The trick is not to not take things seriously; God knows what would happen if you started joking around and bringing toys to a meeting with potential business partners. It’s not to act like a child, but to think like one. When faced with a major setback, don’t allow it to hold you back. Look at it straight in the face and say, “Let’s play.”