No Ordinary Thing!
No matter
how many times I watch a child jumping in a puddle, skipping rope, playing hide
-and-seek, or swinging, I am amazed at how beautiful these ordinary actions
are, and how powerful their ripple effects can be; I automatically stop and smile when I witness
their play; a positive ripple, created out of thin air, with the power to
change my mood.
Children love to give gifts - pictures they
have drawn, an original dance routine, notes and stories that they have written
and ones that their voices create, in the form of songs or jokes. They have an inner desire to share their gifts. Over time, that desire becomes either
stronger or weaker depending on their sense of freedom to share. They notice our actions as much as our words,
so Let us set an example for them; grab hold of our own inner child and jump
into life's puddle with enthusiasm and courage as we share our own gifts:
It was something ordinary,
But a treasure that I'll
save;
It clothed the
extraordinary,
Music turned into a story;
A child's sweet
gift she gave;
She sang a song about a
dream;
No sooner did she start,
Than the simple little
melody,
Very unexpectedly,
Reached
right into my heart;
I was, once again, that
little child,
Swinging in a tree,
Seeing colours in its
bark,
Then, piling leaves up in
the park,
And it
delighted me!
She looked at me with
hopeful eyes
As she laughed the final
note;
No other would be quite
like this,
Signed and given with a
kiss;
A lump formed in my
throat;
It was something
unexpected,
On an ordinary day,
But, to touch a heart and make it sing
Is no simple ordinary
thing -
It's a miracle at play!
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