In my world I read of hatred and killing.
Of people who would rather focus on our differences;
Of a world where it is easier to shake your fist in anger
Than to hold hands in friendship.
And yet… in my world I look at the children
Who see through the superficiality of things
To celebrate our common humanity.
They live in a world where it is
Easier to laugh
And hold hands out of love.
We have much to learn from them.
To see more of our friendly world, please visit: My World!
What a beautiful, moving post, Ladyfi! And your words are so true! There is so much anger, it seems, all over the world and I always wonder why we can’t focus on the things we have in common with others, explore the differences with an open mind and celebrate them rather than condemn them. Thank you for this post! It’s one we need to see more of! Have a wonderful week!
Sylvia
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LadyFi: Very nicely thought out.
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Very beautiful. Couldn’t have said it better!
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beautiful. Its amazing how much we can learn from children
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beautiful post…and what a world that is…if only we could make it true everywhere….
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Beautiful post with lovely words.
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You’ve got that so right.. and so beautifully said.
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So true. If only adults could spend some time every day in a children’s playground, what a world it would be!
V.
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If we can’t get along in our lives with others, how can we wish for world peace? What a great post, perfectly illustrated.
Jen
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That’s lovely. As Wordsworth said, “…the child is the father of the man.”
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A beautiful post and so very true too.
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That’s such a beautiful post, and so true too.
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Thank you for this.
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amen
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That’s the world I want to live in! A perfect picture. thank you.
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That is the world I want to live in! A perfect — and perfectly beautiful — picture. Thank you.
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So well told with both pic and words. 🙂
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Yes, children are wonderful.
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We grow up with fairy tales, if we’re lucky – children are innocent, except some enjoy setting cats on fire more than others.
If the successful helped the less fortunate… but mainly they don’t.
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Isn’t is sad how we grow out of that trusting and forgiving. We adults could learn from children.
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If only children could rule the world it would be a much happier and peaceful place….at least until bedtime…
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or homework time! 😉
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Very inspiring! I miss having kids in my life. They really do brighten your day! 🙂
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Beautiful photo, and equally beautiful sentiments. It always pains me to think that these little children must go out into that dirty, violent, angry world. Ho-hum.
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Well said, and with a lovely photo. Amazing how much of what we see as “natural” behavior is actually learned from those around us.
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Let me just point out that if children ran the world, everybody would be starving because of collapsing infrastructure, we would have no power or water, the nuclear plants would long ago have melted down, nobody would do their homework, organised crime would be rife, everybody would be obese with terrible teeth, and we would probably already have melted ourselves in a nuclear conflict because somebody took somebody else’s ball.
Get a grip people, kids should NOT be running the world.
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You cynic… Still, my point is that we could learn a lot from kids’ attitudes…
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What me, a cynic? 🙂
And what if I am? That’s just ad hominem, Fi. If you are going to make statements like you have made then at least be prepared to back them up.
All I’m saying is that children are loving and trusting and sweet, sure, but they are far from model citizens. They can be very selfish, quick to explode in anger, hopelessly impractical and often lack empathy. Plus they can be incredibly cruel to each other and intolerant of difference. And trust me, I know.
Plus they don’t “forgive” easily, they simply forget and get distracted, which isn’t the same thing at all.
Personally, I would rather move to the moon that live in a world ran by children.
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Great post to start my day. Thanks.
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‘fraid I’m with Paddy on this one. As I recall (and it’s not THAT long since I was a kid), plenty of kids are really cute little monsters, ostracising and bullying others for completely arbitrary reasons. SOME kids – just like SOME adults – “see through the superficiality of things”. The rest are happy to pull your hair if it’s red or throw your hat around if it’s not cool enough.
Children ARE the “hope of the future”, in that without them the human species would die out (of course, I personally don’t think that the human species has an intrinsic value, but I’m aware most people aren’t with me on that one). But they shouldn’t be in charge of today.
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Well, I’m sure they wouldn’t do much worse of a job than adults… After all, kids are better at forgiving and playing with everyone in the sandpit, don’t you think?
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Exactly so, Fi and that’s why I blogged about that television programme Syrian School recently – it showed most of these kids as the same the world over – computer games, necklaces, rap music.
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I want to live in your world.
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Nice post. I loved your “snow hippo,” too. Very cute!
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Understandably we can emulate the good traits of children. Nice words and thoughts.
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Well, I’m with you on this one Fi – in fact I’d like a world not just run by kids but kids with special needs! The pure soul – gentleness, kind spirit, empathy and huge capacity for love of our little man could teach a lot of adults a thing or two!
All I would say to PaddyK is that – infact I won’t say anything about his comments – he’s not worth it!
I have just spent the last few weeks involved in Special Olympics competitions around children with all kinds of intellectual disabilities and the attitudes and kindness of those kids puts everything into perspective!
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that picture, and the hope of children
that ‘s a sacred thing.
beautiful.
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I’m with the majority here – beautiful post!
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Just lovely!
And let’s pray that all the children don’t forget all this when they grow up!
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Very nice post. Your blog is full of beauties. Thank you for visiting my blog. Kind regards. Philip Travelling
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Very touching post.
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How beautiful 🙂
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An absolutely fabulous post… the innocence of children is a marvellous thing.
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Well put:children have a wondrous way of embracing the world, looking to be part of it rather than find fault with it. Great post.
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our kiddoes have so much to teach us about life and love….
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glorious words and photo.
xo
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