so i babysat a ward members' baby today. little TUCKER. tucker is now walking and seeing the world from a completely new perspective. what an incredible thing to watch.i took him outside. he was immediately drawn to the trees. he touched the branches and leaves, smiled and then looked at me. sitting on the ground, he dropped his head to eat the grass. he figured out pretty quickly that wasn't the best idea. i just observed him from a distance.
here i am, 24 years old,... trees and grass are kind of old news for me, and for most of us for that matter:) but to this miniature human being, who's lived on this planet just short of a year, everything is new. what an exciting way to live.
the scriptures tell us often to "become as a little child". meek, humble, submissive. yet maybe another characteristic children have that we could work on acquiring is the joy they find in exploration. little children get a kick out of things like grass, bugs, their hands, opening and closing things, etc., etc. maybe it wouldn't hurt to get excited about our everyday lives in a similar way.
it's like the youtube video: "everything's amazing and nobody's happy"
"oh really what happened next?...did you fly through the air incredibly like a bird... did you partake in the miracle of human flight?"
"everybody on every plane should just constantly be going--OH MY GOOOOOSH! WOW!"
we can learn a lot from those little kiddos. life can be just as new, just as exciting, just as adventurous.
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