Rachel DeMille suggests spending 15 minutes of one-on-one time with a child doing an activity of their choice. This morning I happened to be home "alone" with my baby and my 2 year old. The baby fell asleep so I was going to get some things "done." My Eli came up to me, asking to play with blocks. The recommendation of Rachel came to mind so I sat down and played with him.
What I learned:
--to build higher, you need to build more foundation (true with education, character, goals...)
--sometimes my building buddy would build himself precariously high, so I had to quickly build a side tower to support it (sometimes God, our building buddy, or mentors will supplement our learning with ideas to strengthen our weak towers)
--"build higher, bigger!" was always the goal of my child (our goals are sometimes too much on the loftiness of our learning)
--fun of destruction and starting over again (there is no fear, discouragement or sadness in a 2 year olds accidental/purposeful wreckage of a tower...just delight in being able to rebuild. Do we feel the same when our worlds "collapse"?)
The lessons kept coming as we kept building.
What I learned:
--to build higher, you need to build more foundation (true with education, character, goals...)
--sometimes my building buddy would build himself precariously high, so I had to quickly build a side tower to support it (sometimes God, our building buddy, or mentors will supplement our learning with ideas to strengthen our weak towers)
--"build higher, bigger!" was always the goal of my child (our goals are sometimes too much on the loftiness of our learning)
--fun of destruction and starting over again (there is no fear, discouragement or sadness in a 2 year olds accidental/purposeful wreckage of a tower...just delight in being able to rebuild. Do we feel the same when our worlds "collapse"?)
The lessons kept coming as we kept building.
As well might man stretch forth his puny arm to stop the Missouri river in its decreed course, or to turn it up stream, as to hinder the Almighty from pouring down knowledge from heaven...
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