What My Baby Teaches Me
I awoke the other morning with a heart so heavy, it felt like a brick pinning down my body and rendering me immobile. The grief of recently losing a loved one was overwhelming. How was I going to go on? How was I going to face the frenetic pace of a day that had already begun, with two busy brothers playing and arguing in the other room?! Lunches to be packed (“You can DO THIS”)…breakfast to be made (“Aaagh – I just want to hide under the covers!”)…the mental “to do” list flooded my brain.
And then I heard my littlest one….awaking next to me. He cooed, he stretched, and he opened his eyes with a smile. Pure joy radiated from his sweet little face.
Suddenly it all became clear. “It’s a NEW DAY”, my spirit said to me. “Just receive this day as the new beginning that it is. Do not think of what’s to come, or what was yesterday….just open your heart and mind to NOW.”
We’ve all heard of “All I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten”….Well, all I need to know, I’m learning from my sweet baby boy. This is what he teaches me:
When you open your eyes in the morning,
Watch the sunlight patterns dancing on the ceiling.
When you’re hungry, stop at nothing and
Eat until you are satisfied and full.
When your heart is grieving,
Cry it all out and hold nothing back.
When you want something,
Reach with all your might…and if it is not in your grasp,
Find something else that intrigues you.
Laugh – just because it’s a fun thing to do!
Look at friends, neighbors, and strangers with an open spirit –
As if you’re seeing each person for the first time.
Laugh, laugh, and laugh again.
Then curl up into the arms of mother earth/god/the universe,
And rest ~ knowing that your needs are met.
