I adore my nephew. He’s a good, well behaved and precocious kid. He has a passion for cooking make believe dishes and he frequently enlists my help as his sous chef whenever he comes over. I don’t mind. I love playing with him anyway. But on one of these days, I started thinking how awesome it would be if we could all do some of things that kids do. Things like these:

5. Go out and play

I think one reason that children are so goddam happy all the time is that they put in a lot of physical exercise into their day. Of course, for them it’s all fun and games. So what stops us from being active, taking up a sport and hanging out with our friends every evening? “Chalo kheleny chaltey hain!”

6. Make friends easily

When we were kids, we used to strike up friendships based on things like, “We both like the same cartoon. Yay!” Now, we feel compelled to do background checks on everyone we meet and keep them at arm’s length until they’ve proven they’re worthy. Very Hunger Game-ish don’t you think? Let down your guard and talk to someone new. Who knows, that person might just become your best friend.