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Monday, January 16, 2012

Child Eyes

As we transition from childhood to adulthood a lot of positive changes occur in terms of our thought process and what we are able to comprehend, etc.  However, I think that we lose out on some of the best traits we had from childhood.  One trait that I strive to keep alive is looking at the small wonders in life and marveling over them (I like to think of this as looking at life through my "Child Eyes").  As adults we tend to look at things as a whole, and in the process we lose sight of the small joys and pleasures, which when viewed through child eyes would be held in a different light.

These are the things that make me smile when viewed through my "Child Eyes":
-Watching the Steam curl and ribbon up out of a cup of coffee (Amazing how peaceful it looks)
-Being buried under a pile of warm laundry
-Seeing a random shape in the clouds
-A full or almost full moon when it looks like a glowing ball of cheese!
-The warm feeling of the sun on your skin after the winter is over
-Frothy mashmallow whip on the top of hot chocolate
-Picking out an individual snowflake in the sky and watching it until it lands
-Looking at the designs of frost on a window pane
-Stepping on a particularly crunchy looking leaf and hearing the crunching sound it makes
-Watching the rise and fall of my dog's breathing as she sleeps

I'm sure I'll think of more to add to later posts, but do you have any things that make you smile when viewed through your own "Child Eyes"?

1 comment:

  1. I like stepping on crunchy leaves too, it's just so satisfying!

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