Lessons from Children

Have you ever watched children -- around the age of 2 or 3 -- come together in a park, or play area, or wherever children happen to be?

Have you noticed that they simply don't play any ridiculous, stupid "politics" with each other? That they don't try to evaluate each other based on social ranking or financial this or career that, or who looks better or (gasp) who weighs more than someone else.

Instead, if you've simply watched children, you've noticed how amazingly inclusive they are; how accepting they are. Yes, they may even cry or not like something -- perhaps another child has taken their toy -- but even that crying is so authentic; it is so honest. There is no attempt to mask it or suppress it. An upset child cries; a happy child laughs.

As adults, we learn how to be false. And we spend so much time doing this, that we eventually start to believe our own deception. Hence, this is why relationships among adults are so needlessly strained and politicized; how they are overloaded with drama and deception (if not now, wait a few months...).

We've forgotten how to be open. And we're afraid that if we open, we'll be attacked, deceived, hurt, or whatever.

If you want to learn how to live, watch a bunch of little children. That's the essence of who we are, before we "grew up" and became shadows of our real selves.