>
> >>><< I resign !!!!!!!
> >>>
> >>> To Who it May Concern ,
> >>> I am hereby
> >officially tendering my resignation as an adult. I have
> >>decided
> >>>I would
> >like to accept the responsibilities of an 8 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 puddles and make ripples with
> >>>rocks. I want to
> >think M&Ms are better than money because you can eat
> >>>them. I want to
> >play dodgeball at recess and paint with watercolors in
> >>art. I
> >>> want to
> >lie under a big oak tree and run a lemonade stand with my friends
> >>
> >>>on a
> >hot summer's day. I want to return
> >>> to a time when life was simple. When
> >all you knew were colors,
> >>>multiplication 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. Somewhere in our
> >youth, we matured and learned too much. Like
> >>there
> >>>are nuclear
> >weapons,war, prejudice, and abused children, lies, unhappy
> >
> >>>marriages,illness, pain, and death. A world where companies poison our
> >
> >>>water and our soil, and children kill. What happened to the time when
we
> >
> >>>thought that everyone would live forever, because we didn't grasp the
> >
> >>>concept of death? When the worst thing in the world was if someone took

> >
> >>>the jump rope from you or picked you last for kickball. I want to be
> >
> >>>oblivious to the complexities of life and be overly excited by the
> >little
> >>
> >>>things again. I want to return to the days when children
> >played
> >>hide-n-seek
> >>>outside instead of being
> >>> glued to a television,
> >when video games were as harmless as
> >>>Pac-Man...instead of spine-ripping,
> >blood-splattering mind numbers like
> >>>Mortal Combat, and TV still had some
> >shows on that weren't about sex,
> >>>killing, and lies. I remember being
> >naive and thinking everyone was
> >>happy
> >>>because I was. Afternoons were
> >spent climbing trees and fences and
> >>riding
> >>>my bike with my dog
> >following me everywhere. I never worried about time,
> >>>bills, or where I
> >was going to find the money to fix my car. I used to
> >>>wonder what I was
> >going to do or be when I grew up, not worry about what
> >>
> >>>I'll do if this
> >doesn't work out. I want to live the simple life 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 loss of loved ones. I
> >>want
> >>>to
> >believe in the power,of smiles, hugs, a kind word, truth, justice,
> >
> >>>peace, dreams, the imagination, mankind, and making angels in the snow.
>

> >>>When there is snow )
> >>> So....here's my checkbook and my car-keys, my
> >credit card bills and
> >>my
> >>>401K statements. I am officially resigning
> >from adulthood. And if you
> >>want
> >>>to discuss this further, you'll have to
> >catch me first,
> >>>cause,.............................
 
> >>> "Tag
> >you're it."
 
> John Gallagher