Why are kids so full of energy???

It's Kids Month at Elan... Here's thoughts from Scott, one of our Registered Massage Therapists at Elan Family Wellness Centre. By the way, August 15th is his birthday! 

Scott's thoughts : Why are kids so full of energy???
August is bitter sweet for me. As a kid it meant my birthday... August 15th by the way... (wink wink)... and it meant that school was just around the corner. Kind of a “Yay/Boo!” polarity for me.
Now, having a little one about to enter the third grade, I don't see that tension in her at this point in her development. What I do see is a crazy energy rich kid with passions and tension from boredom and soggy clothing from squirt guns and dirt on her pants for playing outside. All the things I remember as a kid. But done with energy, an energy that makes me envious. Is it that kids just have more energy? Or is it they are able to tap into some unseen resource and I have simply lost that skill that they have naturally? To live with that inner child at the helm.

Now as I said... my birthday is August 15th!.... <==== August 15th!! and that energy that children have is never lost to us, we simple don't access it often enough to have it as a resource in our daily lives. When was the last time you got on the floor and played? When was the last time you giggled uncontrollably at something that may or may not be appropriate? When was the last time you found a bug and were so curious that you starred at it for 10 minutes and then went and got someone to share the experience?
Long time right? Kids notice the novel. Kids live in the magic. Kids believe and have hopes that light them up. Don't you think it's time to use your high powered experiences as an adult to build depth with your inner child. In short.... look at your world through your inner child's eyes and be in awe of the wonderment of the world you have around you. That, and nothing more, could be the different in energy you need to heal, to love and to truly start living again.
Also... August 15th... Birthday! :)

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