Innocence is a state of being human, a stage that we associate with childhood, although it transcends beyond it. Innocence is understood as an absence of malice or bad intentions. In its broadest sense, innocence is related to the ignorance of evil, and the ability to see the world with wonder and curiosity. In some lives, there are beings with the ability to maintain innocence and the absence of darkness in their souls.
Children are usually free of prejudices, with a clear and sincere vision of the reality that surrounds them. This way of looking allows them to feel everything as new, which enhances their capacity for wonder at everything they see (something that adults lose as we grow up and almost always do not even remember the passion of admiring everything new that arises in our lives). Innocence is not being stupid, it is rather the result of walking our path without wishing anyone harm, without jealousy, envy or fear.
In a world often marked by harshness, wars and fears, a world where the darkness of bad wishes towards those who succeed or have money, a world where power rules life, compassion has left and conflicts seem to come every moment, innocence can be seen as a reminder that it is still possible to approach life with simplicity and tenderness, compassion and faith.
Today, many people do not remember innocence, nor listening to those who are alone, nor do they even remember what it is like to be amazed at a sunrise, a shower of stars, the skies filled with stars, a long-awaited kiss, a thank you, a tell me, an I miss you, they do not even miss the one who helped them at one time and has already taken them into oblivion.
If you ask me what I feel when I see innocence (not in a child, but in an adult), I would tell you that it is like looking at everything that exists, with that look of love and tenderness of peace and light with which everything looks back, the Eternal Look of God.
