Reticent Reverie Begins...

"I seem to remember telling you both that I would have to expel you if you broke any more school rules," said Dumbledore. Ron opened his mouth in horror. "Which goes to show that the best of us must sometimes eat our words."
It's funny how the most appropriate words(and some pretty good solutions) for any situation that life can throw at you can be found in books and cartoons meant predominantly for a juvenile readership.. Take for instance the first two quotes on this blog.. both have been said by the greatest wizard of all time and the best headmaster Hogwarts ever saw, Albus Dumbledore, in one of the six published Harry Potter books.(waiting with bated breath for the seventh one.. but thats another day, another blog post.)
Cartoons, another medium of juvenile entertainment, throw up daily wisdom which cannot be ignored.. who hasn't at some point wondered how an under-ten year old Calvin regularly comes up with the most amazing insights into adult life and philosophy? Or how Snoopy, Charlie Brown and of course Linus(with security blanket) shell out anything but Peanuts in their daily adventures? Stories of Tintin, that man-child of a journo, being honored by the Dalai Lama make you stop and think.. why is it that wisdom hides behind a mask of innocence?
Maybe the answer to that lies in the question itself. Maybe wisdom is innocence.. maybe we were born wise, in tune with the things that really matter.. maybe we unlearnt that wisdom as we grew older, got too busy figuring out things we don't need to know.. only to be reminded of it by more blessed souls who kept the child alive..

P.S. the opening line was a disclaimer. I may have to eat my words someday..