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Today's
Meditation:
There is
a great attraction in wisdom. But there's also a
great danger in searching out too much wisdom and focusing
on logic and intellect, for if we do so we lose the wonder
and the awe of the world around us. If we can see
the world through the eyes of a child and experience the
wonder of the world, but still remember the wisdom of the
world that helps us to deal with problems and obstacles
that crop up, we can create a magical balance that can
help us to make the world a wonderful experience for us.
The wisdom of the ages tells us to love one another, to
help one another, to treat each other well, to trust life,
to give our best to all that we do, not to allow worry to
overwhelm us, not to allow other people's actions to rob
us of our peace of mind, to set our priorities on lasting
things instead of fleeting things, not to get caught up in
materialism and greed. . . . The wisdom of the world
tells us many things.
Looking at the world through the eyes of a child helps us
to see the beauty in things, helps us to see things as
special rather than "mundane," keeps us from
getting inured to wonder, keeps us from taking things for
granted. And to see the world through such eyes
takes a bit of effort, but it's possible for us to
try. It requires us to suspend judgment and accept
things for what they are, and to remember the magic that
allows a tree to grow a hundred feet tall and not fall
over, and to be fascinated by all the cool ants that are
scurrying around searching for food and taking it back to
their hill.
What a balance! Find this balance, and you'll find a
beautiful way to live, an extraordinary way of looking at
the lives we live and the world in which we live.
The wisdom of the ages takes on a completely new set of
meanings when considered through the innocent, trusting,
and fascinated eyes of a child--which are your eyes, after
all.
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