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Have a Child's Mindset
Never be a stranger
CAR Dents
Have a Child's Mindset
When you think about children of the toddler age, or are blessed to
experience them yourself, you come to a realization that they are
always on the move, never wanting to stop. They go through each day
with more enthusiasm than a grown up can ever imagine and never tire.
They coast through their early years often with no real trouble and
usually with a smile on their faces.
Children seem to have something about them that we as grownups lost
somewhere along the line. They have the ability to forgive quickly, not
really worry about things and get frustrated over things, and just
enjoy the simple things in life, while never taking them for granted.
They never hold grudges and never hold resentments against someone, and
if for some strange reason they do, they are playing and interacting
with them the next day on the playground.
I had experiences with my two daughters when I walked in their room and
they were in their cribs. They would jump up and down, screaming with
happiness and great big smiles on their faces. I often wondered what
they were smiling and happy about. Was it their birthday? Was it
Christmas? Were we leaving on vacation to Disneyland?
The answer to those questions is No... It was not their birthday, nor
was it Christmas and we were not going to Disney... They were just
excited about the dawning of a new day. They are happy to embrace a new
day and cannot wait to start it! That is where I started to think... I
thought to myself... Why can't adults behave like this? When did
we lose this zest for life? Can we get it back and keep it?
Too many times as adults, we forget how to live our lives happily and
the days seem to slip on by. Sometimes people tend to mope around,
sadly to say, over a variety of things that are out of their control
like the weather, or something that happened to them in the past, or
even something as silly as someone talking about them at the water
cooler. Sometimes, people live not just one day like this, but many.
They do not know that they cannot get that day or days back... Ever!
They repeatedly sob and sulk and in the interim, try to bring others to
their level.
We are not on this earth to be miserable. We are on it for reasons: To
take each day and make the best out of it. To face new challenges and
grow from them. To spill over our joy and happiness in the event that
someone else will be infected by it.
We and our emotions are contagious to the people that surround us, be
it strangers or loved ones. Like the children that are on this planet,
we need to seize the day. We are not on this earth for infinity, but
only for a short time.
Today, go back to when you were a child and live without the
troublesome melancholy that can seem to swallow you up at times. When
you wake in the morning, don't be grumpy and sad because it is too
early. Spring out of that bed and hit the floor running like the
children do. Make your whole day a game of sorts, and when tomorrow
comes, play it again but this time, do it better.
Life comes at you very fast and when it does, you have to be
ready. Before you know it, your children will have children and your
time on this earth will be coming to an
end.
I do not know about you, but I always want to have the mental
freedom of a child and will play this game of life daily. I will
reflect back on my losses and not fret about them, but seek the
knowledge I need so it never happens again.
What can I say? I do not want to grow up.
Never be a stranger
Never
be a stranger to love. Welcome it into the heart and home. Let it
resonate like a poem. Embrace love as you would an old friend. Love
never offends; it just heals and mends.
Only true love can be a friend to all. The givers stand
straight and tall. The haters are left to take the
fall.
Give freely to the world of your gifts. Of love, service to
man and charity. What is not recognized now is no disparity. It will
later come into full focus and clarity.
Love should never be defensive. Love should never be offensive. Love should only be immensive.
CAR Dents
A naïve young lady was driving home after work and got caught in a
really bad hailstorm. Her car was covered with dents, so the next day
she took it to the repair shop. The shop owner saw that she was
naïve, so he decided to have some fun. He told her just to go home
and blow into the tail pipe really hard, and all the dents would pop
out.
So she went home, got down on her hands and knees and started blowing
into her car’s tailpipe. Nothing happened. She blew a little
harder, and still nothing happened.
Her roommate, another naïve young lady, came home and said,
“What are you doing?” The first young lady told her how the
repairman had instructed her to blow into the tailpipe in order to get
all the dents to pop out.
Her roommate rolled her eyes and said… “HEL-LOOOOOOOO …You gotta roll up the windows!!!”
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