Interesting conversation had, a poignant reminder of the simple, inherently good and pure hearts our children have.
The topic was magic and how we wished we had magic to use.
Miss 5: “Mamma, if you had magic, what would you do?”
Me: “Oh my gosh, can you imagine? If I had magic I’d ask you guys what do you want to eat and you could say anything and I could go POOF! and it would be there! And then I’d go POOF! again and it would be all cleaned up! Oh imagine that, cleaning magic. You guys could mess up everything, and I could just *waves imaginary wand* POOF! Clean it alllll up!”
Eyes are shining at this point. I’m so taken by the possibilities. I turn to her. “What magic would you have, if you had magic?”
Miss 5: “My magic… I’d take bad people and turn them all good.”
Well. Well then. OK. She wins. Bless her heart, and all kids hearts.
No child is born bad. We, the adults in their lives, make them bad. Or, we reinforce and strengthen their goodness. In every single thing we, their role models and guides, do, we are shaping these hearts for better or worse.
#choosekindess #violenceisneverok #bethechangeyouwanttosee
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