That silly-faced soft toy from the memory lane of 5-year-old you... That cuddly pillow with a unicorn face and horn that you used to carry everywhere. One day, suddenly, you open the box of little you’s special supplies from the old home, which you so mindfully directed your mother to pack carefully. And you grab that silly-faced soft toy and that unicorn pillow. Suddenly, a rush of emptiness flows within you. You remember the day—the last night in your old home—when you were so sad to put them in a box. But then, once you enter the new house, you never reopen it. Because from then, one by one, you got new toys, then a new bicycle, then a new book, then a new computer, and then a new mobile. But you are never filled like you were with a ‘silly face and unicorn.’

After that sudden rush of emptiness leaves, you again feel that fullness in you. That sense of comfort. That childhood pureness of imagining them as ‘living.’ Remembering the little stories you used to make up yourself to play with them. All of these never left you. They were hidden under the mask of adulthood responsibilities. Before holding ‘Silly Face and Unicorn’ once again, you never realized how much you have loved them and found comfort from them. How much you were a little child when you couldn’t wait to be a grown-up and thought you already were.

Even after reaching adulthood, many of us can find comfort in our childhood comfort elements.
But why?

• Emotional attachment
• Comfort
• Non-judgmental company
• Anxiety reduction
• Memory of childhood

So, to deal with the hustle of our adult lives, we must find something we can rely on.

• Find a comfort object
• Find a hobby
• Find a comfort place
• Find a comfort song, movie, or book

These options could be really useful for us—to cope with the toughness in our lives. To hold us in strength so that we don’t BREAK DOWN. And remember to BREATHE MINDFULLY…..

So, before you completely lose the ‘little you’ in the chaos of adulthood stress and responsibilities, go hold YOUR ‘SILLY FACE AND UNICORN’ ONE MORE TIME.