Naivety is often equated with being young, but it can happen at any age and at different moments. It's actually not such a bad quality and carries - I think - an unjustly negative image.
Great point.
I do find it endearing when I detect it in others.
And I personally try my best to avoid it like the plague if I detect any within myself.
It honours you. There are people who can't stand it when others confront them with what one perceives as naivety.
Are you sure? When your own innocence speaks from you, through your reactions, actions, words, don't you just lose it the moment it strikes you or someone else? It's like when you're dancing/singing around obliviously and you're being watched and someone says, "Oh, go on dancing or singing, the sight of you shows spontaneity".
By doing so, that person destroys the moment and you might wonder what they are trying to do. According to this, something like this cannot really be avoided because the moment of naivety does not control itself. Otherwise, you would deprive yourself of moments of spontaneous expression that you don't give much thought to, or you might wonder how it will be judged by those around you. Or how do you see it?
I know that I know nothing.
I'm trying to measure the ocean with a teacup.
And at the same time I do my best to not suffer too many misconceptions.
Pretty much any message you read that has a slick presentation and millions of dollars behind it is some kind of scam.
Even and especially the ones that sound like good ideas.
I sometimes lose myself in the moment, but I see that as more spontaneous meditation than "naivete".
I think naivete is more of a feeling of "this is going to last forever".
And I never get that anymore.