You're so Naive

It used to (ok still often does) bug me when someone called me naive

I took it as a derogatory term; akin to calling me weak

So being nosy like usual I looked it up

Websters defines naive as 

marked by unaffected simplicity; 

deficient in worldly wisdom or informed judgment;

not previously subjected to experimentation

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I'm not ashamed to admit I love cartoons

not the ones made to look like real life

but the boldly colored ones with the thick black outlines

it's the vibrancy and the  movement

I love things like the Muppets and it's no coincidence which I am most attracted to

Although really cute, I don't care much for Miss Piggy

the fashionable, heel wearing, 'pretending-to-be-high-society' swine-ette

Then there's Kermit the Frog,

the worrier, with the 'let's-buckle-down-and-be-professional' attitude

is it any wonder I sway between loving and liking him

Then there's Animal (love love love)

the wild, live out loud, drummer 

if you have a moment

tell me this isn't me

tee-hee

there's a whole slew of things I love

things that make me smile, laugh, thrill in the gift of sight and sound

things that others may think is too childish

immature

And then I saw this on Websters naive definition

naive is derived from

French naïve, feminine of naïf, from Old French,

inborn, natural

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So it turns out I am naive

it is an inborn and natural ability to connect 

to that which makes my Spirit soar

inspires me to laugh, wonder, dream,

to question, to answer, to seek, to share

to see crystals in ordinary water droplets as I run through the sprinkler

to imagine trees, flowers, rocks with googly eyes

to see a story in everything and to give it voice

because being naive is what acts like a wedge

in the door that separates my child-like imagination from the grown-up serious me

it's what makes me feel alive

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So of course after finding this new knowledge

I 'happened' to find this cool shirt for $7

WILD

Adjective: 

1. wild - marked by extreme lack of restraint or control: restless
2. not tamed or domesticated. intractable-difficult to manage or mold

Someone who can play.
Leash? Don't even think about it!
Subject to random outbursts of shouting
May bite!

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So go embrace your naivete

Your Spirit will thank you for it