On this day that we celebrate Fathers (and those that Father the land, the four legged, all children and adults who need it), we acknowledge that to do this well, renewal of the awe and wonder of each experience, as if seen for the first time, helps immeasurably in the communion and understanding of the little ones.
Seven days with a one and a half year old renews and teaches again this moment to moment seeing with eyes that see wonder! This is a joyful, revelation inducing, wisdom centered existence of be-ing in this world. May we all remember to see through the eyes of a child…
“To speak truly, few adult persons can see nature. Most persons do not see the sun. At least they have a very superficial seeing. The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eye and heart of the child. The lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses are still truly adjusted to each othe
r; who has retained the spirit of infancy even into the era of manhood.”
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The great man is he who does not lose his child’s-heart.”
~Mencius, Book IV
“It is a happy talent to know how to play.”
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
“…I don’t know exactly what a prayer is.
“A rainy day is the perfect time for a walk in the woods.”
“Kawa” is for heavy rain, “Ililani” for a storm, “hikiki’i” for rain that comes at a slant. Earlier in this blog, I enjoyed writing about the Eskimos many names for snow, and my 200 names for Love. It is this honoring of the essence of things and of taking the time needed to notice, acknowledge and feel the nuances and differences, that bestows the rain, the snow and love with such depth and breath.
-Maud Hart Lovelace
Maya Angelou will live on. Her passion, poetry, and powerful resonate voice are deeply instilled. Such depth there, hard won, and strength. I am deeply grateful for the many gifts she brought to the world.
“Happiness is not in our circumstance, but in ourselves, it is not something we see, like a rainbow, or feel like the heat of fire, happiness is something we are.”