My daughter may only be 1, but she has already taught me
so much. SO much. I was thinking about this recently and started to make a list of the things I have learned from her and things I could learn from her, not
from being her Mum (I already did a post on that http://amiileanne.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/what-being-mummy-has-taught-me.html
), but things I could really learn from watching her and how she is. I know
that sounds crazy… she’s the child and I’m the parent and I should be doing the
teaching, but hear me out…
Here are a few things that I think I could really learn
from my beautiful daughter.
1. She
accepts people and loves without boundaries.
She doesn’t care about age, gender,
race, background, religion, or any of those things. Watching children play and
interact no matter the difference between them is a really special thing. It’s
something I think a LOT of people could learn from.
2. She
doesn’t judge.
The world hasn’t taught her to
judge yet.
3. She’s
not greedy for ‘things’.
Poppy doesn’t want the latest
gadgets (apart from mine and her Dads phones… of course she wants those because
she can’t have them). She doesn’t constantly want for new toys, or the most
fashionable clothes. Really small children aren’t greedy for those things
because they don’t truly know how to be, and although they know quite well how
to throw a tantrum, the tantrum is usually short lived. They want our time. Poppy wants me to play with her, and read to
her, and take her to the park. She wants the same from her Daddy, and her
Grandparents. She wants for the things that don’t cost a penny, and she is free
to do that for as long as she wants. We all need to take a leaf from that book.
Now, I know not all children
are so great with change, and I know I am lucky to have a little lady that
embraces change so well. I am almost 30, and I still suck with change
sometimes. I have learned to panic, to stress, and to really over think
everything that goes with change, and I, personally, need to learn from these
lovely, adaptable little toddlers who see things simply for what they are.
Change is ok. It will all be ok.
5. She’s
always happy.
She can’t tell me this, but
the constant smile on her face (anyone who knows her will know that’s true)
shows me that she is happy. She smiles at everything and everyone around her.
She’s not cynical or full of hatred; she doesn’t know how to be. She smiles
because the world she sees around her is good. Imagine how much better our
world would be if we all smiled because of the world around us, instead of
taking to social media to rant about this, that and the other.
I know this a short and sweet post, but when I started
thinking about it, it really struck a chord with me. Maybe it will resonate
with you too, maybe it won’t, and that’s ok. Maybe you have learned from little
ones and maybe you haven’t, and that’s ok.
Maybe, just maybe, we could all learn something from the
way children see the world…
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