Beautiful inquire. It would be nice to come up with the all inclusive and definitive answer. It’s been that subject of countless story factual and fiction alike.
Innocent implies true , there’s a good start. It so often invokes the ideals of the first encounters we all have, though that makes it more credible but does not have to be the end of it. Oh so nice to be young at heart, than a lot more time allotted to this could be added.
So back to innocent… we talk of the naivete, predisposing one to be openly candid without fear of embarrassment, reprisal and a non acceptance. But maybe even more unique of this quality (that’s what it is) the feeling that goes with it in truest form is its mutuality. And here is the most grownup part we as adults have most difficulty to digest, it is not always so. But the young heart is not quite able to grasp that, and for lack of the past losses of an others affections they can be called truly innocent.
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