Simply put, to be a kid at heart means never to lose your sense of creativity and imagination. So many adults allow their imagination to become stilted and unaccommodating of anything less than what might be conventional. They freeze up and become staid and ultra serious.

When I was working with children in schools I was always in awe of their creativity and imagination. I used to say to children, “you have three eyes, your left eye, your right eye and your “I“ I. This is your imaginative eye which will facilitate you when it comes to creativity”.

I used to say to children, “as you get older there is a distinct danger that you may lose your imagination. Never ever allow that to happen because if you do you will become the poorer for it and sadly I think enjoy life less”.

I have aimed to keep my imagination and stay young in my thinking. One of my students told me toward the end of my career, “Mr Gray, you have the body of a man, but the mind of a child”.

That was a GOOD reference.

I hope I will be forever young and a kid at heart.