Learn From Our Children

I really, really love this.  Just had to re-post.

I drop the ball.
I grump through my day.
I act without thinking.
And because I am an adult, no one calls me on it.

I say things I shouldn’t.
I forget … a lot.
I stumble and sometimes fall completely on my face.
And because I am grown, no one points fingers.

I eat too fast.
I don’t wait very well.
I don’t always make the best choices.
And because I am big, no one corrects me.
Not even you, the one who sees me at my worst.

When I mess up, you don’t keep track.
When I lose my cool, you don’t send me to my room.
When I fail, you don’t let out an exasperated sigh.
You hug me and say, “Everybody makes mistakes.”

I don’t give second chances like I should.
But you do.
You always do.
Even when I don’t deserve them.

So maybe next time you drop the ball … or grump through your day … or act without thinking, I will take a page from your book—your very wise and compassionate book that my grown self could learn a lot from.

© Rachel Macy Stafford 2014

I consistently have to remind myself that my children are learning daily how to navigate life. There will be good days and bad days. There will be mistakes and successes. There will be triumphs and let downs … for my child and also for me. Life is much more livable when we embrace our humanness and remember we are all just learning and doing the best we know how.

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