Meeting
For the most part, children like to play on their own. Of course, they seem to like the presence of a favorite adult (e.g. mom), but they dwell happily in their own world, imagining roads for their toy cars, or tea in their little cups. Slowly, however, they begin to invite others into their play space -- and it's interesting to watch how it happens. They want it on their own terms, of course, and can't seem to understand why everyone wouldn't want to play duck-duck-goose with themselves designated as the first duck-er. One small interaction at a time, they begin to enjoy another's company. Another's smiles. Another's ideas. I think it's a beautiful process of appreciation -- one that is challenged today by the omnipresence of computer and television screens. Nothing can pull you outside of yourself the way the presence of another person, in the flesh, can. And isn't it true this is what our fallen world needs the most?
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