What lies ahead

A stream of thoughts ran through my mind comprising of the structures of how a mind can be moulded but not the heart.
We were born with a mind that was empty but the heart already knew how to feel.
As the moments keep running, the body and mind starts transforming but the heart -- it takes a back seat; It only functions when something starts disturbing the mind and body.
Long back, I had a revelation in my mind and heart, a self learned wisdom out of my own consciousness and observation.
I was sitting at a cafe, and as a cup of coffee always triggers a bout of deep thinking; I seem to not able to take my eyes off of a child - a girl talking on her own with all sorts of hand gestures.
She was moving in a raw grace around an adult man -- her father perhaps. No one was bothered by this innocent self indulgence of this little girl who was probably engaged in an intriguing deep conversation, in a world of her own accord.
I was zapped out of this trance by my companion, who naturally wanted me to be present at engaging myself with them.
I had a strong urge to talk about what I noticed.
I voiced the feelings attached to my observation -- " When an adult like me behaves the way that little girl is behaving, would you say that I'm crazy?"
My companion was confused yet replied -- "Obviously!", "You are a grown up."
I smiled, if only I knew that when I was a child; if only this little girl knew -- 'What lies ahead.'

Another incident which triggered a similar feeling within me was, when I heard a teenage girl scolding her little sister, hardly 7 years old, to pull down her top.
This teenage - fast forward a few years would either rebel or feel ashamed of her sexuality. But what really struck me was, what impact her self-righteous communication to her sister would result in.
I realised, when her mind was as little influenced as her sisters, she was also told that having her top pulled down was the right way to behave, not knowing what sexuality is then little did she know -- 'What lies ahead.'

I've always wished that as children grow up, they are assisted to develop their own minds guided by their hearts so that as their bodies transform into adulthood, they could be more equipped to deal with -- 'What lies ahead.'