I have been noticing many kids in my classes with facial scrapes and cuts from falling and smashing their faces into something hard. It is painful to think about the accident that must have occurred but 99% of the time everything heals beautifully and they have learned a valuable lesson that it pays to stay upright. We can gain something from all of our painful tumbles and in fact, we require them; they are all just part of growing up.
Kids truly live in the moment. They explore and play to enjoy and comprehend reality. When they get hurt it is all that matters but they get over it, unconcerned with their past but more aware of their present. Then we get older and wiser and life becomes infinitely more complicated and while we understand it on so many more levels, it becomes impossible to just BE.
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