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“Good morning daddy?”

“Good Morning to you.” I answered back

“I have a question… (Hesitation and fidgeting)…Why is life not happy?” She asked.

Our youngest daughter does not cease to amaze us. Not sure what to make of her difficult question, I turned to her mom for help. Needless to say, she too is not sure what to make of our 5 year old daughter’s rhetorical question.

“Life is what you make it.” I answer back still wondering if this is the best response to a 5 year old. I try to ply why she thinks life is not happy, but to little avail. I was left pondering and do realize that her question is real. However, with a positive altitude and a big dream, life is happy and can be happy. What do you think?

 

I heard our youngest daughter scream in her sleep. A few moments later, she was calling out to her mom for help. Eventually, she came into our bed and squeezed herself and Minnie toy in. Fast forward, during the day I asked her what her nightmare was about.

“I forgot!” She exclaimed. “I took that nightmare out of my brain and threw it in the garbage before I could write it.” She added making a hand gesture of picking up something near her brain and throwing it out.

I was amazed at her perfect answer. I mean why dwell on a nightmare until you ‘write it’ and end up remembering it? Wow! Her lesson in those few words said much. Now I know next time I have a bad experience, dream or whatever, I won’t waste time dwelling on it, but will throw it out and move on.

 

Today I think it may be nice to take a moment to talk about nature. It is Fall, and the leaves on trees are full of so much color…the rainbow is no match. Our kids like the Fall season, mostly because they can get to jump into the pile of leaves

I recall, one day after the kids had helped me rake the leaves into a big pile, I started putting the leaves into a big container to take them to the compost site. You will not believe my shock and surprise, suddenly, our youngest daughter threw a tantrum yelling… “Why are you doing that?! I wanted to jump into the pile of leaves!”

I was not sure what to do next, but I learnt a great lesson. Think like a kid despite being an adult.  What would a child do is now a valid way of thinking, thanks to her.