My Resignation! As Posted In "The Fishwrapper" Story

It was an ordinary day.  Reading my latest edition of "The Fishwrapper."  Love to read the 8 1/2" x 11" skinny newsletter that I pick up every week when my wife and I head to Stauffer's of Kissel Hill grocery store.  Stories in the newsletter are designed with a religious theme to them and really get their message across to those that read them.  My latest issue had a rather "fun" full-page, sort of poem that I found interesting as well as amusing.  Thought you too might enjoy it.  So .... read on....

MY RESIGNATION!

I am hereby officially tendering my 

resignation as an adult.  I have decided

I would like to accept the responsibilities

of an eight-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 a sidewalk 

with rocks.

I want to think M&M's are

better than money because you can eat them.

I want to run a lemonade stand with my friends on a hot summer day.

I want to return to a time when life was simple, when all you knew

were colors, addition tables, and nursery rhymes, but that

didn't bother you, because you didn't know what you didn't know,

and you didn't care.

All you knew was to be happy, because you were blissfully unaware

of all the things that should make you worried or upset.

I want to think the world is fair.  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 again.  I don't want my day to consist of

computer crashes, mountains of paperwork, depressing news, how to

survive when there are more days in the month than there is money

in the bank, doctor bills, gossip, illness, and loss of loved ones.

I want to run and play with my pets all day.

I want my imagination to go on hundreds of trips and last forever.

So here is my checkbook and my car keys, my credit card bills and

my bank statements.  I am officially resigning from adulthood.

And if you want to discuss this further, you'll have to catch me

first, because,  "TAG!  YOU'RE IT!"  

It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy!