golden children and lost magic
and this is what happens when golden children grow up and forget how to be magical.
we often hear the term golden children or golden child, but there are very few who become golden adults. and it’s not because that they no longer are that, but it’s because most of their goldenness, of their magic, was washed out of them to fit into a box. and very few have taken time or had time as an adult to retrieve that part of them. many have had their innocence stolen. magic needs imagination, curiosity, naivety, and confidence. many of those adults who were golden children start to chase clout and things of status. most importantly magic needs imperfection and so many people strive to be perfectionist.
this may ruffle some feathers and this is not a place from ego, but i need to say that there’s nothing special about most people and that’s only because they haven’t taken the journey back to self and they put lipstick on a pig which is the everyday traditional things and think just because something has a label or title or a degree or certificate or that they paid a little bit more than someone else that it makes them unique.
i have often watched people meltdown after they have come into one of my physical safe spaces on a visit and asked me if i have an iron or a steamer. and although i did just by default because someone gave it to me, i will tell them yes but i’m not giving it to you and ask you why do you need it? and everyone always has an excuse. the answers aren’t always the same but it’s usually around something about their clothes being wrinkled. and then i asked them why does it matter. because more often than not i’m in an environment that is a laid-back type of environment. people see me and see the lifestyle that i’m living and ask if they can come and visit. they’re attracted to the laid-back lifestyle but they show up bringing all the baggage that they say they want or need to get away from. so they go into these stories about how they were taught to look presentable and need to dress a certain way on a certain day depending on where they’re going. and when i asked them where they got that from, who taught them, and why, one of two things happened. either they want to fight me and challenge me and go into a meltdown. or they pause and think about it for a moment and realize what i’m challenging them to do.