I wanted to find out what kids would do if they had all of the money they would possibly need to do something nice. I have numerous under the age of ten children that I was going to pose the questions I had come up with, to.
I was going to write up all of the comical and sensible things the kids came up with in response.
So I started with the first child. The one I thought would kick this off with one of the best, if not the best, answers.
But the little wise Pirate Irish Queen stumped me right from the get go.
I asked her “what would you do if you had all of the money you needed to do something nice for someone?”
She replied “hmmmmm” for real, that is what she said. She followed it up with “I don’t know Mamo”.
So I was stumped. I thought for sure she would have a brilliant answer. Because she is. Brilliant.
So I asked her the second question. “What would you do, that’s really really nice, for someone if you don’t have any money?”
She said “hmmmmmm” for real. And said “I’d gived them all of my toys”.
And there, was my lesson.
The concept of nice is not in money. It’s in giving. Of what you have. Of yourself.
Why do we make things more difficult as we get older.
It’s really this simple.
What a meaningful disclosure… from the mouth of babes. 🙂
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She caught me off guard. 🙂
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How brilliant
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She is Huck. 🙂
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Awh. That’s awesome.
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🙂 Thank you!
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“There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men.”
― John Locke
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I just learned about him somewhere….. 😉
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Very meaningful.
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She makes me learn. 🙂
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At what point do we start complicating things, Colleen?!! I mean, really. This child has something to re-teach us.
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Oh I think we start complicating when we start taking on the values of the world instead of the values of our parents. 🙂 Just a guess that that might be where it starts.
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Ah, she is BRILLIANT! And what a powerful and important message!
Hugs from Ecuador,
Kathy
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Thanks Kathy, and she has no idea she is this brilliant. I keep telling her, but she just wants to play. 🙂 Hugs returned! 🙂
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Brilliant I say, just brilliant.
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She is isn’t she. 🙂
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Out of the mouths of our babes!
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Amen Lexie’s Nana, and you know this from experience too I know. 🙂
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Colleen, I know I am not your biggest fan, but damn I am close!!! It is posts like this that stir both the heart and mind. Thank you, Bill
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I’m glad it stirs you Bill. And wait, if you want to be my biggest fan, you sure can be!!! 🙂 But don’t fight over me! Hahahahahahahahaha! 🙂
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The little people always surprise me too. This is a heart-tugging-warming post, Colleen.
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Thank you Tess. I will have to read this to her and let her know she tugs on people’s hearts. 🙂
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Not that she has a clue what a “blog” is! 😉
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Brilliant. 🙂
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Thank you Robin. 🙂
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Great post. Great lesson. Outta the mouths of wise babes. 🙂
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She is awesome. 🙂
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Thanks to the little Irish Pirate Queen and her Mamo for my smile and happy tear. Such a precious dear little heart:) A child, so very smart! A Mamo who makes writing an art:)
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🙂 That little rhyme just made my evening Mary! Thank you so very much. 🙂
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I agree, that’s how my kids are too. I do this survey on a regular basis (at least once a year) to each of them, to see if the answers will change. Thankfully it hasn’t, yet. 🙂
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How wonderful Mary! Our kids are so full of love. 🙂
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Just gorgeous. Toys mean a LOT to a child. This is just gorgeous.
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🙂 Thanks Noeleen, they do don’t they? 🙂
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