lillybluelilly

I joined this list about a month ago and have been enjoying, delighting, reacting, investigating, surrendering, relinquishing and deeply pondering as a result of the questions and insights shared here. My daughter, Twyla, is almost 1 and I am finding myself becoming more and more inspired and excited about the principles of Unschooling.

This morning as I was preparing to do the dishes Twyla excitedly leaned in to the sink to touch the bubbles. We both laughed as she fiddled with them for a while. My arms started getting tired so I scooped up a little of the bubbles and put them in containers for her to explore next to me. The interesting thing was that as i reached back in to do the dishes I started to play with the bubbles too! Suddenly the 'chore' became interesting, fun and an opportunity to share an experience. Her natural curiosity and delight is kindling my own.

I am finding that there is a 'yes' that lives at the heart of each moment. Sometimes it is subtle or hidden - but it is there.

Thank you for your insights

Lilly

Pam Sorooshian

On 11/23/2009 4:26 PM, lillybluelilly wrote:
> This morning as I was preparing to do the dishes Twyla excitedly leaned in to the sink to touch the bubbles. We both laughed as she fiddled with them for a while. My arms started getting tired so I scooped up a little of the bubbles and put them in containers for her to explore next to me. The interesting thing was that as i reached back in to do the dishes I started to play with the bubbles too! Suddenly the 'chore' became interesting, fun and an opportunity to share an experience. Her natural curiosity and delight is kindling my own.
>

What a lovely picture. And, being aware of it now will help you be able
to have those kinds of sweet thoughts later, even when she's off playing
in the other room and even when she's a teenager and off doing her own
thing.

-pam