Looking at the World Through the Eyes of a Child

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During art lesson a kindergarten teacher noticing one of her wards so focus on his work, it arouse her curiosity. "What are you drawing?" she ask. Still continuing to draw, the little boy replied "I'm drawing God." His answer drew a smile on the teacher's face. Children do have wild imagination she thought to herself. "But...no one knows what God looks like." She persisted. The stubby fingers stop drawing momentarily as the child thought for a second. Then looking up to his teacher he answered, "They will now as soon as I finish my drawing!" Two things children have a great abundance of, curiosity and imagination. Sadly, through our education system we manage to discourage them from using these innate abilities. No doubt out of "good intentions". We want to prepare them for the "REAL" world. A world that requires one to be practical and compliant to accepted standards of behavior. One important requirement is learning how to "fit in" and not be a "square peg among round holes". One of our dogs was furiously scratching herself with her hind leg and creating a steady cadence of thumping noise on our wooden floor. "Why is Beckett doing that grandma?" Zac ask me. (The boy on my profile photo) "She's itchy. I think it's time for her bath" I answered. "Can't you see her laughing grandma? Beckett is tickling herself." caught me off-guard. I took a closer look at our pet. With her tongue hanging out of her mouth and the corners of her upper lip turn upwards, Beckett did appear to be wearing a silly grin. Have a good day and never stop looking at the world with childlike wonder and awe. Image: