Life isn't as new anymore, and those puddles shouldn't be jumped in. Back then, Halloween was an exciting day when you dressed up in the coolest costumes, and were hopefully given nothing but candy. But now, things are a lot more complicated. You have bills to pay, a job to go to, rooms to clean, and responsibilities galore. You allow the child in you to continue experiencing life with the same carefree abandon you had so long ago.
Life is a game, and work is a game.
People just don't play it like a game anymore. Life is like watching football. There are those who watch to enjoy it, and then there's Dennis Miller discussing it like a Greek tragedy. If you don't play life like a child would, then you are losing a very precious part of your soul. You become a deadened creature who refers to toys as products, gives crackers to children, and puts the leaves in the barrel right after raking them.