Gratitude Project: Day 24 Magic of Innocence
May 8th 2009 04:27
When children discover the excitement of uncovering and happening upon an idea, a feeling, an event, or a circumstance it is a magical moment. They are brought inside a community of their own curiousity. Imagining is the possibility which turns their whole body around from where it might be standing.
Children invite mystery, they invite opportunities for the incongruous, the unexplained, the half revealed, the not knowing, the impending moment, the rear of the hidden, the tension of waiting, the anticipation of surprise, the possibility of danger, the savoring of darkness, the games of guessing, the condition of secrecy. And like explorers on a perilous cliff they lean over its edge looking for what will appear, hanging onto every surge of suspense, frozen in their gaze, as the unexpected slowly takes their breath away.
Magic to the child is what can be believed and not believed, the denying of awe and the accidently accepting of awe, the capacity to judge without judging, to commit without committing, to feel momentarily, a movement luminous in being. It is breathtaking and as adults we need need to hold onto childhood magic and be made vulnerable by the whims of the unknown striking us.
Picture VIA Flickr Caitlin Marie licensed by creative commons
Children invite mystery, they invite opportunities for the incongruous, the unexplained, the half revealed, the not knowing, the impending moment, the rear of the hidden, the tension of waiting, the anticipation of surprise, the possibility of danger, the savoring of darkness, the games of guessing, the condition of secrecy. And like explorers on a perilous cliff they lean over its edge looking for what will appear, hanging onto every surge of suspense, frozen in their gaze, as the unexpected slowly takes their breath away.
Magic to the child is what can be believed and not believed, the denying of awe and the accidently accepting of awe, the capacity to judge without judging, to commit without committing, to feel momentarily, a movement luminous in being. It is breathtaking and as adults we need need to hold onto childhood magic and be made vulnerable by the whims of the unknown striking us.
Picture VIA Flickr Caitlin Marie licensed by creative commons
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