My Resignation
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> I am hereby officially tendering my resignation
> > as an adult. I have decided I would like to accept
> > the responsibilities of an 5 year old again. I
> > want to go to McDonald's and think that it's a four
> > star restaurant. I want to sail sticks across a
> > fresh mud puddle and make ripples in a pond with
> > rocks. I want to think M&Ms are better than money
> > because you can eat them. I want to lie under a
> > big oak tree and watch the ants march up its trunk.
> > I want to run a lemonade stand with my friends on
> > a hot summer's day. I want to think a quarter is
> > worth more than a dollar bill cause its prettier
> > and weighs more. I want to go fishing and care
> > more about catching the minnows along the shore
> > than the big bass in the lake. I want to return
> > to a time when life was simple. When all you
> > knew were colors, multiplication tables, and nursery
> > rhymes. When I didn't know what I know now. When
> > all
> > I knew was to be happy because I was blissfully
> > unaware of all the things that should make me
> > worried. I want to think the world is fair.
> > I want to think that everyone is honest and good.
> > I want to believe that anything is possible.
> > I want to be oblivious to the complexities of life
> > and be overly excited by the little things again.
> > I want to live
> > simple....................yea.......simple again.
> > I don't want my day to consist of computer crashes,
> > mountains of paperwork, depressing news, how to
> > survive more days in the month than there is money
> > in the bank, doctor bills, gossip, illness, and the
> > loss of loved ones. I want to believe in the power
> > of smiles, hugs, a kind word, truth, dreams, the
> > imagination, Santa, the Tooth Fairy, a kiss that
> > makes a boo boo go away, making angels in the snow
> > and that my dad and Jesus are the strongest people
> > in the world.
> > So.....here's my checkbook and my car-keys, my
> > credit
> > cards and the bills too, my 401K statements, my
> > stocks & bonds, my collections, my insurance
> > premiums,
> > my job, my house and the payments too, my e-mail
> > address, pager, cell phone, computer, and watch.
> > I am officially resigning from adulthood. And if
> > you
> > want to discuss this with me further, you'll have to
> > catch me first, cause, "Tag!"... "You're it!!!"
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