Monday, December 10, 2012

"She must learn to speak starting with I starting with We starting as the infant does with her own true hunger and pleasure and rage." Marge Piercy Once there was a writer who was writing a book for children. He decided to ask his son for ideas. "What would yo like to tell other children?" he asekd. He thought the boy would say something like, "Everybody love everybody." But instead the boy said, "Number one, ignore what your parents say about nutritious food. Number two, don't go to school." The father laughed and thanked the boy for his ideas, even though they weren't what he expected. He loved his son for being able to feel and express his desires so strongly. We all have a child within us, no matter how old we are. When we honor that child, we also honor who we have become, and we free ourselves to express our truest feelings. What does the child within me want to do today?

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