People always tend to comment about the innocence of children. They say children’s innocence has been “ripped away” or that “innocence has been taken” by some tragic event. That’s very true and incredibly unfortunate.
Perhaps the more interesting part of a child’s (or a pet’s) innocence, is that the innocence is the default position. There are no zero sum games. Everything is new and wondrous and available and present. It’s pure consciousness. As a parent, when you observe this, yes, you find it heartwarming, but also eye opening. We are, all of us, born into a positive relationship with everything and everyone. We are, all of us, at one time early on, transfixed by the wonder of the mundane and the seemingly unending joy of play. We are unlimited and infinite.
We say we lose these things because of “life” but that may be false. Life doesn’t take away innocence inasmuch as the guardians of innocence mandate you abandon it. Imagine if we were never required to.