Charles Baudelaire espoused the antithesis of then middle-class values of materialism and conventionality as being “naivette,” or simply put naivete. Interestingly, the bourgeoises and their fondness for tradition in an industrial age, an age of science and discovery, often formed a barrier in pursuing a childlike curiosity towards the world, nature, and one’s own self. The latter is to me a synonym to “being a child at heart.”
To retain the sincerity and unpretentiousness in contrast to the complexity and alienation in urban life which most of us encounter these days is nothing but a relief if used to one’s advantage.
Keeping one’s inner child alive is probably the best source of positivity and wonder that can help traverse the complexities of an otherwise often ponderous and overbearing ritual of living.
So, do not lose that kid – keep him or her alive!
World through a Pakistani Lens 