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“I took pictures. And when I saw this one I realized that the reason kids learn so fast is that they are willing to look weird while they try new stuff that they’re not good at. Adults are too scared of that.”
I love that paragraph. It really makes me think about the numerous reasons adults are too scared to look weird when they try new stuff. There are reasons that I can’t even think of right now. However, I have a feeling I’ll be doing something, watching someone do something, or reading about someone doing something and I’ll remember this thought.
“You are not growing if your arms are not waving in the air like you’re losing your balance.” Ah, fantastic Penelope. Almost Oscar Wilde like
I like making to-do lists for my husband but not for myself… I feel like I’ve done enough growing and currently I just want to manage what’s presently going on in my life which happens to be three small children and homeschooling. This time of year full of holidays throws me off my game, trying to not be a grinch about it and perhaps getting a to-do list in my mind for when the kids are older, sort of a wish list as well. It involves becoming an expert in wine, traveling overseas, writing a novel, and getting back into photography. But for now being a good parent is the only thing that I can obsess about….I can always grow in that area. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family! Thank you for keeping up this blog so well.
Oh. I like the idea of taking a break from personal growth. It’s like when people take a vacation from their 9-to-5 job and then then grow because they have time to think in a different way. If you take a break from personal growth then you grow from just focusing on being where you are now.
That said, as a personal growth obsessive, this would be very hard for me. So I think the only way I could do it is by saying that I can have personal growth by not trying to have personal growth.
Penelope
“And when I saw this one I realized that the reason kids learn so fast is that they are willing to look weird while they try new stuff that they’re not good at. Adults are too scared of that.”
I must be a kid then, especially in comparison to my peers who do care about looking weird–that, or it really depends on my environment as to how kid-like I act. Or I’m just good at ignoring my environment.
Hi P,
We just learnt slacklining – the 52 Exercise quest is still going on!
It’s like tightrope walking so there’s a lot of arm waving and falling over. The kids loved it. I don’t care what anyone thinks of me these days and we were in a public space.
Your lads would enjoy slacklining too – it could be your new obsession so maybe you could sling a slackline in the veggie garden although I wouldn’t fancy falling off into a pile of snow the kids would love it though :)