‘The future belongs to the curious, the ones who are not afraid to try it, explore it, poke at it, question it and turn it inside out.’ ~Author unknown
We instinctively try and teach our children everything that we know, passing on our knowledge in different ways shapes and forms. What we don’t question enough though is what our children can teach us.
This thought for me stemmed from watching Luca attempt to drag himself around the living room floor this morning, after repeatedly face planting the floor with a few tears. He clambered up on all fours desperate to get hold of his moving tractor, but not quite getting the correct coordination to successfully do it...YET!
Yet is the most important word here, it’s the word that drives him to try again and again, determination in full swing, no anxiety or hesitation to pause his innate desire to progress, to develop and overcome the barriers he faces. He couldn’t care less how he looked, covered in drool, failing time and time again. He doesn’t see other 8 month olds already crawling and feel intimidated by their development, giving up before he’s made it.
I had to question, when do we humans develop doubt, develop anxiety and fear that stops us from boomeranging back when things go wrong the first time, the second time, repeatedly?
I believe this trait manifests when we develop an ego, no matter how small it is. The conscious awareness that we will get judged by others and by ourselves.
We question how we will look if things go wrong, and the fear of failure can be crippling!
Well not for me...I’ve decided I’m going to learn from my children, to replicate their behaviour as babies. Those things that haven’t gone to plan recently, the aspects I’m finding difficult at present to crack and understand fully are the things I’m not giving up on.
Curiosity to seek new things, bravery to try them and resilience to persevere when at first I don’t succeed... Let’s have it!!!
Fate was on our side this week! We were soooo close to booking a last minute trip abroad on Wednesday...but then we remembered we’d sent Carmens passport off to get renewed in time for our trip to Jordan in April 😩
What a bummer! I was a tad disappointed, and spent the evening contemplating what opportunities we’d missed out on!
That was until Carmen woke up the following morning covered from head to toe in chicken pox 😷😫 The passport arrived hours after the spots did, and kept us from booking anything thankfully.
So it’s been a lethargic start to the half term break, and how our priorities have changed from aiming to jet set, to trying to keep the itching at bay and both kids away from each other! Maybe it’s best for Luca to get them now rather than later, but he just needs to hold off with the spots until his sister is feeling a bit better!
What are you all up to with the kids this break? We can only dream 🙈😂
