The Day of Youthfulness

I've been thinking a bit about the fact that it's Youth Day tomorrow and I keep having flashbacks of a school visit to the Hector Pieterson Museum in Soweto. One of the things that struck me the most about everything we saw was that all the children and young people in the pictures and stuff had given up their childhood to fight for a cause bigger than themselves. This is also kind of true for Christianity in that we give up ourselves for a cause far greater and worthier than ourselves... but beacuse of the GREATNESS of God and the way He made us, we can be these awesomely radical people living for God AND still have the space to be complete children! Talk about having your cake (with blue icing, silver balls and hundres and thousands) and eating it (without ANY cutlery or serviettes) hehe. So then... in light of the privilegedness (is that even a word?) of our situation, my challenge to you tomorrow is to do as many childish things as you possibly can... here are my suggestions:

• buy an icecream and eat it while sitting on the pavement
• have an afternoon nap
• hug recklessly
• climb a tree
• eat suckers
• colour something in (in something other than blue/black pen)
• tell someone your dad is Superman (not far wrong... He's actually much cooler)
• tell someone the pink fluffy joke (if you don't know the pink fluffy joke first go and buy your icecream then come and meet me on the pavement for a reckless hug and prepare yourself for GREAT corniness)
• eat fun cereal
• drink juice that is of a distinctly unatural shade of either red/green
• watch a cartoon movie
• avoid the bath
• drink milk and eat cookies
• entertain thoughts about the fascinating nature of ants
• stick your tounge out at someone

also... tomorrow is the Comrades... run Forest run!