Dandelions
When grown ups look at a patch of dandelions, they see a bunch of weeds that are going to take over their yard …… Kids see flowers for their Mom and blowing white fluff they an wish on.
When grown ups look at an old drunk and he smiles at them, they see a smelly, dirty person who probably wants money and they look away. Kids see someone smiling at them and they smile back.
When grown ups hear music they love, they know they can’t carry a tune and don’t have much rhythm so they sit self-consciously and listen. Kids feel the beat and move to it. They sing out the words. If they don’t know them, they make up their own.
When grown ups feel wind on their face, the brace themselves against it.They feel it messing up their hair and pulling them back when they walk. Kids close their eyes, spread their arms and fly with it, until they fall to the ground laughing.
When grown ups pray, they say thee and thou and grant me this, give me that. Kids say, “Hi God! Thanks for my toys and my friends. Please keep the bad dreams away tonight. Sorry, I don’t want to go to Heaven yet. I would miss my Mommy and Daddy.”
When grown ups see a mud puddle they step around it. They see muddy shoes and dirty carpets. Kids sit in it. They see dams to build, rivers to cross, and molding clay to play with.
I wonder if we are given kids to teach or to learn from? No wonder God loves the little children! Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.
