The Joy of Kid-dom

Childhood can be a bliss of memories,

If we remember to teach our children,

To stop and watch, to delve, and explore,

Not just the deep wells of knowledge,

But the tiny moments of colour,

Of movement, of uniqueness, of humour,

Of ultimate life and laughter around them ...

We often forget as as we pass from kid-dom

That life is full of magic, full of possibility,

Full of exciting dots of ultimate splendour,

That can capture our hearts and hands,

That can entice us into worlds and warps,

That far surpass anything in the mundane

Have to, must do, got to, routine, humdrum ...

And when you have children ...

You get that chance to go back there,

To that place of story, imagination, explosion,

To be that magic human being, so full of life

To be an explorer of infinity, boundlessness,

To have energy that pours out forever,

To see a universe so full of possibly

That you just can’t hold it all with both arms ...

Dance, because joy is too exciting to hold in,

Laugh, because life is abundance around you,

Live, because every moment of life holds total

And immeasurable possibility and promise

Watch the children, they can do it so well,

They can teach us to go back there ...

To go forward in newness and hope,

That every minute ahead of us

Can hold enormous reward and satisfaction ...