This morning my daughter sent us a msg saying her little 5-year old cannot find a book in her bag, but can spot a Baskin-Robbins in a super crowded mall from a mile away!!!
Huge lesson here…..we forget the wonder of life as we grow older…we, carelessly, without thinking, allow all the dross, all our cares (imagined or real), hassles, and unhappinesses to crowd out the wonder of life…. Takes a little one to point us in the right direction…. We would do well to heed these pointers coming to us in sweet baby packages… As adults we have an amazing capacity to hang on to stressful people and in stressful environments… why not just look at life through the eyes of a child. No child will ever stay voluntarily with either stressful people or in stressful environments. No child will stay unhappy for long…the child will find her or his own corner, devise her or his make-believe game, or recreate an environment out of her or his head. Even if punished, a child will not stay ‘punished’ for long…the little one goes into her or his world and creates her or his own happiness. They never let the punishment rankle…neither do they hang on to the issue, nor do they wallow in either punishment or unhappiness…