When we can experience, find awe and wonder, we also have at least some capacity to think the way a child does. Children can imagine with an open mind, uncluttered by what we know to be impossible.
When we can experience, find awe and wonder, we also have at least some capacity to think the way a child does. Children can imagine with an open mind, uncluttered by what we know to be impossible.. They can combine ideas and characters that to us would be unimaginable.
Cynicism, past setbacks or failures, an unwillingness to consider alternatives and new options can disrupt our thinking. Sometimes others tell us that they already have tried an idea and it didn't work. This can stop many of us from experimenting with the idea ourselves. We don't always consider the quality of the other person's effort before deciding to abandon our plans. In extremes, these make us set in our behavior and acceptance patterns. We get to where we feel that we've seen it all before. We actually believe there is "nothing new under the sun." there might not be anything new under the sun. However, none of us has already experienced all there is to see, feel, taste, touch and hear. Don't we need more dogs and less dogma, more rolling in the mud and less slinging of it, more happiness and fewer happy hours?
What are your reactions to seeing someone else express true, spontaneous awe and wonder? Do you smile, nod your head and agree with them, with goose bumps on your arm? Is there a bounce in your step and enthusiasm in your voice? Or do you scoff, ridicule, belittle, and condemn, thinking that adults should conduct themselves with more decorum?
"Dad, are you ever going to grow up?" my daughters have asked me many times. "I hope not," is my consistent reply. They might have caught me directing an orchestra of stuffed animals in the living room while listening, with headset on, to Bach or the Beatles. Or worse yet, when they were young, I would talk to their friends as if they were people too! How embarrassing.
Vow today to chip away at some of those thoughts and beliefs that might keep you from experiencing life as new and exciting every day. Here are some suggestions on ways to break your routine. They can help you concentrate more fully in the present moment, the realm of the child mind.
1. Put on your underwear starting with the other foot first. Be careful!
2. Ask a child what they would do to make the world a happier place. Listen intently and take notes.
3. Eat one meal with the opposite hand while remaining calm. Realize that this is the frustration a person might feel after a stroke while re-learning to do the mundane acts we take for granted.
4. Play a game of giveaway checkers. The winner of this game is the first person to lose all their checkers. It's harder than you think.
5. Watch an active anthill up close for at least 20 minutes. How do they do it in the dark without bumping into each other
If some of these suggestions make you say, "that's dumb," good. It helps to prove the point of this article. The goal is to make certain that we keep a supple mind that is ready and able to see and seize both joy and opportunity.
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