through a child's eyes


to learn about joy
hear a child's laughter


to learn about trust
see a child jump into his father's arms


to learn about exploration
witness a child's first steps


to learn about friendship
see a child lose to allow his friend to win


to learn about faith
listen to a child's prayers each night


to learn about the beauty of our world
see it through a child's eyes


just went for my cousin's birthday party today. quite obviously, it was a pretty grand affair and my aunt put alot of effort into the whole planning of it. yet..as i watched the little children play around i realised that its really not the place nor scale of it that matters to any of them - put all of them into a grubby sand pit and they would still have the same amount of fun :) the beauty of childhood *dreamy look* there is no room for the fear of losing/failure, no embarrassment and just about anything can charm a smile out of them


yet..as we grow up and experience more, we gradually lose this innocence that was once innate in us. we just get so jaded by everything around us..either we start to demand more and more or we take any apathetic attitude to anything. soon..nothing is quite worth our attention and we have this inherent need to criticise anything.


sadly to say..this attitude is translated even into our faith in God. as we grow up..we lose the childlike faith that we once had..exchanging it for a more cynical view of life. even for us who remain in the faith..we have more questions [dun get me wrong, its not a totally bad thing but where does the urge to question stem from?] and judgements to we impose on others. i see these in myself too and i struggle with it.. really need to try and find the balance between maturing in my knowledge of Christ while keeping a childlike faith in him..


as Jesus said : let all the little children come unto me
*hoping to be one of them*