I was watching my 1 year old daugher try to catch baby frogs in our outside room. Its a room on our house that is not quite finished but provides a covered play area for my two girls Lena 2 1/2 and Brooke 1 year. She was squeezing them between her fingers. Lena was watching and with much concern in her voice explaned to me what Brooke had been doing. There where 50 or so little guys hoping around their play area. I said to Lena we love the little frogs. Lena kneeled down and started comunicating with our little friends saying " I love you little frogs". I suddenly saw the situation through Brooke's eyes. It wasn't that she didn't love the frogs it was that she was curious not comprehending the pain she was inflecting on the little guys. It was innocence and her pure love of discovering life. Then my mind jumped to a bigger picture. I was in a position to see both sides. I did not want to see harm come to the little guys and I tried to explain to a 1 year old not to touch, but I could not watch her all afternoon, I had to at some point let her explore and hope that she would understand by my and her sisters example of treating the frogs with respect and interact through sending thoughts of love. Then I thought of humans as a whole and how we are evolving... |
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