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Originally Posted by Rockford35  B,
Sometimes the innocence of a child is a trait that I wish many, many people had. I think alot of the problems of the world could be settled if they were thought of in a more simple manner.
When I was in elementary school, we had a wing that housed austistic kids and kids with other mental disabilities. When I was in about grade 5, we (the students) thought it would be a good idea to bring the kids from the wing out to play with us for recess instead of segregating them. Those kids had a ball playing football, soccer and everything under the sun. You could see all of them just beam when it was time for recess.
Funny how it took a group of 12 year olds to figure out the obvious...
R35 |
Well said. We complicate our lives in a feeble attempt to impose our will upon the world around us. Whether we engage in goal-directed behavior that takes advantage of others, political correctness that belittles another, racism that demeans another - it all diminishes us. The ability to just live, and to see things as they are, is a precious rarity.
I'm not saying that an autistic child, or those like Bravo who love them, are lucky to be in that condition - far from it. But we can learn from even the meekest among us, if we choose to.
Bravo, you love your child, and appreciate the good in her. That is all that matters.