Studies show that children laugh on average over 300 times per day, whereas adults only laugh on average around 20 times per day.

There’s obviously a number of reasons for this. The main ones are that children are innocent about many of the world’s “evils”, and don’t have the responsibilities that many adults are faced with, like paying a mortgage, dealing with a stressful job, negotiating complicated relationships, worrying about world affairs, and so on. When I think back to my childhood, my fond memories are often related to being in a state of innocence and not having responsibilities.

But regardless of the reasons, it’s still an interesting statistic. We start out in life full of wonder and excitement. Everything is an adventure. And then as we get older we tend to let the burdens in life weigh us down more and more.

I think we have a lot to learn by looking at our children. Not only should we try to laugh more like they do, but I think that taking a look at life and the world through the eyes of a child every now and then is a healthy thing to do.

“Mark this: Unless you accept God’s kingdom in the simplicity of a child, you’ll never get in.”
Jesus