"The Destination" by Randall M. Hasson
Recently, one of our lovely PT editors posed the question: 'what habit of kids should all adults adopt?' She went on to inquire, "what smart move comes naturally to kids, but not so much to grown-ups? Anything having to do with play, or
mindfulness, or activity, or learning, or social skills? Or something different altogether?"
Her questions got me thinking, not so much for a specific answer. But rather, for an instance where children's habits would not serve a myriad situations and our wellbeing...
Perhaps, therefore, the better question is which inherent habits of children shouldn't we adopt? Their perpetual optimism, spiritedness, and curiosity. Their sense of wonder and love of nature. Their ability to express feelings without hesitation, without remorse, and without giving them perpetual significance...
Their instant trust and lack of judgment of both themselves and others. Their bold, blissful trying on of new experiences. Their lack of self-consciousness. Their honesty as well as their reflexive instinct to express it.
Their blindness to cultural notions of color, race, gender, and class. Their lack of concern for time, save for their personal rhythms of fatigue and hunger. Their unending smiles, their unapologetic eye contact. Their determination to hold hands and be held. Their ability to love, and love, and love...
Indeed, which habits of children shouldn't we adopt? In life, in relationships, in creativity... it is we adults that have a great deal of learning-or rather, unlearning-to do.
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