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The other day I was in a sandwich restaurant, enjoying a leisurely hour before I had to go to my next job. Lost in thought, I slowly became aware of a mother and small child, her daughter, at the next table.
I enjoy watching children-- their endless energy, their boundless inquisitiveness, their openness and easy joy-- their absolute innocence astounds me, and is a joy to witness. I immensely enjoyed this small, golden-curled daughter, dancing happily all around the table while her mother quietly kept her in check and in easy range with nothing more than small gestures and the occasional word. It was a joyous ballet, and I had a front row seat!
Mothers have an amazing strength when it comes to their progeny. As they stood, the young girl lept into her mother's arms, who in turn gracefully and effortlessly lifted her high, so the curious child could take a look over a head-height dividing wall. She completed the act with such ease, I wanted to stand and applaud the marvelous acrobatic act I had just witnessed!
Children are innocent and pure for such a short time-- spending a few short years trying to sort out and integrate the sensory madness that makes us what and who we are. They can spend endless hours lying on their stomachs in the grass, watching the journey of an ant or a cricket through the jungle of fescue, or they can suddenly leap up and run dashing across the lawn to chase a bird or butterfly that just flew up above the treetops. It's an endless learning experience. Every waking moment, the small child sees, hears, and learns something new, and thus slowly, inevitably evolves into youthful humanity.
Just when do they change? Just WHY do they change? What happens at the exact moment the child's mind becomes fully independent? If this small child's mother is any indication, this minerature person will one day grow into beautiful, graceful, intelligent, honest adulthood. Why can't every single child grow up into that kind of Human Being?
So many among us seem to fail the challenge-- not all children are graced with Mensa-level minds, and many are forced to live among strangers as parents are unfairly taken from them too soon. Why can't the rest of us gather 'round those less fortunate than us, wrap them in our arms, hold them in a hug, and try to make it all better? Honestly, it's not that difficult a thing to do-- children seek it out, naturally and instinctively.
Why can't we adults remember the way it was for ourselves, and do better by them?
There are those among us who were obviously mistreated by means and by methods we will never know, and some of them in the end just "turn bad". They can never find what they missed from their families and friends, so they slowly turn inward and become hate-filled, and start doing things such as hurting, maiming, and killing small animals, or blowing frogs up with firecrackers, and in the end becoming pure bullies! They become so inured to it all-- so used to inflicting the pain, and dominating those with less means than themselves, that it becomes ingrained, and by the time they in turn become parents, the lessons they teach guarantee another generation of failed humanity.
People pick up guns, and kill without feeling. Men beat wives, wives shoot husbands, children kill siblings, and as they grow, their loneliness and hate become stronger and larger, and they end up overwhelmed by it all, and if they gain real power, they do such things as start wars, bulldoze homes and villages, and even walk into a crowded room and destroy themselves with explosives. When it gets to that point, the anguish, fear, shame, loneliness, and hate takes hold among entire populations, and the children who are forced to play on crumbling, destroyed streets and in collapsed buildings forget their innocence, and the hate becomes unstoppable.
When do the children change? What happens to them during the exact moment they blossom into self-realization? If we just knew that, then we could change the world back into the paradise it was in the beginning. It would be a slow process-- a little care and a lot of love, along with positive education and complete understanding would do most of the work. The rest is up to family, friends, neighbors, teachers, and all those willing to share their vision. It would be very simple, really!
We could do it, you know. Remove the used, abused, misshapen personalities from public responsibility, and replace them with loving, caring, intelligent, COGENT HUMAN BEINGS. I believe if we just banded together and let it be known we will no longer capitulate to their madness, we could slowly lead this sick, perverted world back into sanity.
How? How to start the process of healing humanity? I saw the answer while sitting in the restaurant the other day. Just love your children, teach them well, and let them blossom into caring, intelligent adulthood. And for those children who are left behind, reach out to them and give them help!
Leave no child behind, and we can retake the world.
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