A Light!

Because I'm now living within a university rather than a town, my human-to-human contact is generally limited to the student demographic group of 18 to 22 year olds. So, whenever I come across a child, a family, or an elderly couple, I find myself happily observing them.
I especially enjoy watching toddlers explore their ever-expanding world. While I was reading my biology homework about cell organelles on the grass by the library (clearly looking for distractions), a curly-haired girl about four years old came walking along the stone semi-circle benches. Her father was holding her hand just in case, but she seemed confident and happy to go wherever her heart took her.
And all the while that she was walking she would say whatever came to her mind. If she saw anything that interested her or didn't make sense, she would stop and say something or ask her dad the most common question asked by children, "Why?". The cutest observation she made was when she eventually reached the end of the bench and came an obstacle - a stone base and a lamp post. She looked up at it, smiled, and proudly exclaimed, "A light!".
I realized that kids can say whatever they are thinking because they haven't yet learned the negative effects that can result from blurting out whatever is on your mind. Society hasn't yet taught them this lesson. I suppose that eventually you have to learn to keep some thoughts to yourself, but I also admire the power that young children have. Nothing is limiting their speech; there are no social barriers yet building a wall between their thoughts and what is "acceptable" to say out loud.
I know there have to be some limitations on what we say in the public sphere, I think that we all need to talk more like children. Say what you think when you think it. Let people know what's going on in your mind. It's probably important.