Learning the Child

There are no one-way streets in our world. There is no one who gives without receiving, and there is no one who receives without providing something back in return.

So it is with the child. Just as the adult gives the child the knowledge and wisdom of life, so the child provides the adult the keys to living it fully.

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Catherine Ny May 20, 2019

Children are so innocent and so full of life that I always feel happy when I am teaching. They give sustenance to my da, .and my son who is now 23 always has such goodness in his heart.
The child within me connects with all young people whether 6 or 90.
We are all still children because our pure souls are timeless and forever young.
And I always remember the saying: die young, as late in life as possible! Reply

Yusef K. Milky Way September 9, 2016

Children Give Back. Sometimes yes, oftentimes no.
I prefer my daily dose of up-Lifting to be provided by my four-legged friends ... and Ha-Shem, who probably needs no legs. Reply

Monty Pogoda. November 18, 2014

I have learned life from my children. Reply

zak San Diego November 18, 2014

A breath of fresh air. Thanks to the Dailey Dose team who enlist the wisdom of all who have contributed to the enlightenment of the people. For each new day is a little brighter and that we open the thought and see what is in it. Reply

Anonymous Bklyn, New York November 20, 2011

children this is also valuable because sometimes adults need to see/remember/learn what value we should have in dealing with children. Sometimes in this case, the adults need to be educated in this way, as their parents didn't teach it to them, then they grew up and......don't know fully the value of the give and take (etc) of their relationships with children. Reply

Bob Wilton, Me June 7, 2010

Getting Keys From Children I have 4 children, and 4 grandchildren, and have been a teacher for almost thirty years. Were it not for the fact that every day, as a parent and teacher, I must also see myself as a student, I would not be who I am.
Children are new souls, pure and unblemished. Their excitement, inquisitiveness, novelty and joy of exploring everything, is fantastic. Every day they want to know new things: Who they are, where they are and for what purpose are they here. We continually need a refresher course in how to use these keys to unlock doors. We need to daily, as a little child, see, experience and take in G-d's creation. Without the questions, we would not grow. Children ask great questions and it is our responsibility to get the answers.
The beauty of G-d’s dealing with us is that he gives us the freedom to choose what and how we do this. That's part of what we have to figure out and learn in every new situation. That's how we get the keys to living from children! Enjoy it! Reply

Norbert Billerica, Ma November 14, 2009

How does the child get the key? If the child can give the adult the keys to living, how does that happen? I need to know more about the what and how? Reply

Anonymous tampa, FL March 12, 2007

re: Learning the The elderly can be a little like children at times: stubborn, oppositional, contrary, . . . and it can be difficult to see the love they have for you, and show the love you have for them.

I recently lost my 93 year old mother who I've been assisting for the past 4 years. Now I have to wait till Moshiach comes to see her again, may it be soon. Hopefully by then I'll learn to be the son I now so painfully realize I should have been when I had her with me. Reply

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