What can you learn from a child?

Adults are often conditioned to assume that they need to teach the impressionable minds of children lest they be permitted to wander.  But, wait a minute! How often have you, as an adult, asked yourself what you can learn from a child? Its never to late to learn:

1) children instinctively know how to be happy in the moment for no reason

2) children dream with no limits

3) children find meaning in choosing to be busy

4) children find it easy to nurture unwavering faith in what they do not see

5) children realize sometimes its necessary to struggle in order to learn

6) children sense value in honesty and are apt to say what they mean

7) children find ways to make sense of what is happening but do not strive to explain it

Comments

[Alexys Fairfield]

Liara,
Children are such great masters. I often admire them. I think that they are trained in the womb to teach us what we sometimes forget.

My conversations with children are often unforgettable. My four year old niece once told me that if I knew God so well, why didn't I know his last name?

[Liara Covert]

Alexys, I recently attended a function where a speaker referred to the wisdom of 4-8 year olds by sharing a series of their candid views about love. Children don't have adult fear or inhibitions. They instinctively share what they feel and speak from the heart.

[cordieb]

suffer the children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for such is the kingdom of God. (from the Bible - can't remeber the verse or chapter) Excellent posting and observation. Children are so like what I believe God must be, as they do not hold judgements, are quite fearless, and they have an abundance of imagination and core creativity - among so many other inherent spiritual ways. Thanks for sharing!!!!

[Liara]

Hi Cordieb, when open to lessons we create for ourselves, everything comes across as a teacher. Souls incarnate as children with wisdom to offer to anyone ready and willing to listen.