Down on the lake rosy reflections of celestial vapor appeared, and I said, "God, I love you" and looked to the sky and really meant it. "I have fallen in love with you, God. Take care of us all, one way or the other." To the children and the innocent it's all the same. Jack Kerouac
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The sky is blue. The grass is green. To the child it's all the same. The sky and the grass are green, but to the adult, they are blue.

When we are young, we don't really know what color blue really is. When we are young, we don't truly understand the meaning of life or death. We think that life is something that lasts forever and that death can never come for us.

We think that everything will always be okay because tomorrow will always be better than today. If our world was truly different from the one shown to us by our parents or other adults, then we would have no reason to fear death because it could never come for us.

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