Tuesday, January 03, 2006

Children's simple lessons

This afternoon at daycare i took a group of children out to the yard to play only to find that the snowmen they worked so hard, putting so much care into had been smashed to pieces. Smashed by some older kids who find some sort of joy in destroying others masterpieces. I watched and waited for the reaction, the frustration, the anger. But nothing. Within moments the whole group of 4-6 year olds worked quickly to rebuild all that was lost. Making bigger, making better snowman then had first existed. I thought about how i would react. I'd probably first rant about some sorry soul finds delight in destroying things, how hopeless it now seems to even make a snowman if it is only to be destroyed, I'd probably think about how bad people were.. about how hopeless the situation was... But these children, just rebuilt them.. How many times do i get angry about how this world has destroyed love, family, peace, justice, truth, how many times do i feel that it is hopeless, how many times do i give up, and how many times should i just simply start to rebuild them. We don't need to start from scratch, we can use the pieces that are left, and we can create these things to be better, and more beautiful than before. So lets do it.

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