I wish I were big

“I wish I were big.”

If you haven’t seen the movie BIG or not seen it in awhile it’s worth a watch.

And even though this movie is over 30 years old, kids still want to be big and adults still want to be young again.

Is this the curse of being a part of the human species

That you always want what you don’t have.

How many times have you heard the following from someone older or younger than you.

“No need to grow up too fast.”

“You’ve got your whole life in front of you.”

“I can’t wait to finish school, move out, get married, have kids, retire, fill in the blank.”

In the movie BIG, Tom Hanks soon discovers that being big is not all it’s cracked up to be. That maybe adulting is not that much fun.

I wish I could get my kids to understand this, but I know they won’t because I too wanted to be big when I was little.

And now that I’m big, being little again sounds kinda nice.