Freedom from guilt or sin through being unacquainted with evil

Do you remember when you were younger and nothing mattered? We didn’t have to go to work, pay bills, support our families.  The biggest issues we had were how long we could play outside, who was “it” in hiding go seek, who had the better toys.  As children, everything is so pure and simple.  As adults, we begin to learn that people lie, cheat, steal, and do all kinds of deceitful things.   Sometimes we often find ourselves doing deceitful things.  Sometimes those things are done to us.  It is in remembering our innocence that we  differentiate and better ourselves as to what is right and what is wrong.  My mom used to make me kneel down on the hard floor for lying, cheating, and/or stealing or doing any wrong.  That is what gave me my morals. As I grew older, I didn’t do things that I knew were morally wrong.  Not because I didn’t want to get in trouble…it was because I didn’t want to see my parents upset.  I didn’t ever want to disappoint my parents.   Whenever I would ask my mother if I could do something…she would say,  ”If you think it’s right.”  That gave me the responisbility of my own actions.  I knew that if I spent the night @ My bad influence friend’s place that we were gonna sneak out which would’ve led to trouble….so I would decline.  My mom knew exactly what she was doing.  Our upbringing is what makes us who we are.  Don’t get me wrong, I’m not that innocent…as Britney would say…but I do know a distinct difference between right and wrong.  I also know what kind of person I consider myself as.  My grandmother used to say…the way you act is what you attract.  What kind of person do you try to attract, and do you think your actions attract him/her?