"Children possess a fascination with their everyday existence
that is very special and would be very helpful to adults if they
could learn to understand and respect it."
Keith Haring/Brain Pickings by Maria Popova
Admirable is the quality of children to effectively pause and ponder a random thought until it is in some way aligned with life. Granted, time is an illusion, but children seem to be able to string it out to allow ample time for thinking through a captured thought. Agreed, children can be spontaneous and unpredictable, but so can adults.
Truthfully, I would rather be in conversation with children than adults. Children's minds aren't cluttered with paranoia, doomsday thoughts, and overwhelming fear. They are not bogged down by details so thoughts appear with authentic insight. What they see and perceive offer a refreshing if not stimulating set of circumstances.
It is interesting, if contact is maintained, to view these wee ones as grown adults to observe if any of the earlier displayed visions are still reflected. Some are like a brown wilted rose bud forced closed before its time; while others appear as wisteria thriving through the links of a garden fence. As I , too, have traveled through the years, my treasured blossoms have gracefully fallen upon the earth , but my heart knows my new seeds are waiting to begin.
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