The ever challenging pursuit of happiness

Let me start off with a question. When we were little we would all say oh I have a crush on you. Did we as children fully understand what that meant? I doubt that we did. As we got older, the way in which we could express our feelings expanded. No longer was it a simple crush that would pull two people together. Now it's something more profound. A deeper connection of sorts. The thing is, with the deeper connection, comes harder choices. In a way you can say that as a younger child we did not have the same amount of emotional needs as we do now. We did not need to be comforted in the same way, we did not need the close connection or the feeling of having someone else beside us. But at the same time, we did. We just did not realize it. Back then, it was so much easier to make friends, to form a "crush" for another person. And we were better for it. It wasn't as much stress and it was healthy. I don't think I'm making a lot of sense in this post but who cares. It's my thoughts. Anyway what I'm getting at is, I miss those times and the stress free environment that came with it.