How Children See the World

“What does that cloud look like?”

“A penguin”.

“Really? What about that one?”

A baby bear. The one over there is her mommy.”

“Oh. Where is her daddy?”

“He is holding her hand.”

“What about that cloud?”

“That looks like you daddy.”

Children have wonderful imaginations. They can look at something and see it completely different then we do.

When a child is young, their sight of the world is exciting, wonderful and imaginative. When you grow up, you don’t have that sight anymore.

Adults see things right or left. Children see sideways and diagonal.

We see straight or backwards. They see upside down up and upside down.

Adults see black and white. Children see lights and colors.

What happens when we grow up? How do we loose that “sight?”

As I look at it, I want to see those colors too.

As adults, we sometimes have blinders on us to only see this and that; no in between or somewhere around it all.

It amazes me to see the world through the eyes of a child. As a dad, I get to experience the world in this view again. Simple things we don’t think about like lying in a field while looking up at clouds, the sun gleaming down on our faces, running in the rain, picking flowers.

I love being a dad and give thanks everyday for being able to view the world through their eyes. I love watching my children’s faces when they discover something new and wonderful.

So I say we should not always look at the world in black and white. Viewing the world in color seems much better to me.

How does the world look to you?

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