The Wisdom of Children

Have our children always been so wise?

They wish to eat only when they're hungry, go to bed when they're tired, read a book when they wish to relax, or run and dance with abandon when they have energy.

We work our schedules and errands around their moods and schedules, often commenting how irritating it is that we have to be home by a certain time or there will be a meltdown...

We run ourselves into the ground trying to ignore the needs of our bodies and minds, much less our spirits, and wonder why we feel tired and cranky.

Let's take a moment and breathe... how much do we really need to cram into today? Perhaps the dry cleaning can be picked up tomorrow, the laundry can be done in the morning, and the floor vacuumed on Saturday. That's of course, not to say all can be abandoned! But it certainly does not need to be done all in one day...

Every once in a while, I'm reminded to stop and watch the children, and in doing so, watch how life could be...