Naivite

I think that many of us are very naive about this world. I know I am far too trusting of people, and it has caused some trouble in my life. Children are completely naive, and have not formed judgments because of this yet. The more exposed to life you are, the less naive you become. Sometimes this makes people bitter, but it can also make you wise and cautious in a good way. You can know that there are bad things, but you also don't have to let them affect you, and in that way you can become like a child again.

Someone I know and trust very much told me the other day, that one may think a bear is really cute and want to hug it if they haven't developed judgment yet. If you are too naive, that bear will kill you, because you can't hug a bear simply because it is cute, you have to also know it is a part of nature and it is a hunter. It is like that for a lot of things in life. People are attracted to dangerous things for various reasons, and have to suffer the consequences if they haven't learned not to be compelled by them already. There is a certain beauty in dangerous things, that is somehow attractive to us. There is a certain freedom and wildness about them. 

But you have to understand how life works, and how this world runs, and this world will run you down if you are too naive. Be wise about the world, and be wise about the truth of all of life, and you will know how to use judgment for your safety, and also live detached from it like a child.