mind of a child

So mark this under, a proud moment in a season of giving. My 4 year old heard a story on public radio about the homless shelter running out of blankets and needing more... fast forward to a very cold day and us checking the weather. I say, oh it is going to be cold out today and the response was" DAD! what about the guys that can't get blankets, we should give them some and help them" so today we went and bought 4 sleeping bags and extra blankets and then I drove us down town to the shelter to give them our donation.

This affected both of us but, the child mind more than me, upon seeing all the people lined up outside the shelter waiting for the time they hand out blankets, it triggered an avalanche of questions the whole way home. Talk of why they carry so much stuff, why don't they look up when they walk, why are they sad, standing around, why they don't have a house, where they sleep, how they live, about kids in Africa that don't have any thing, about how lucky and thankfull we were to have a warm place to stay and on and on...how we hoped other people would donate blankets as well so they had enough.

I think it was an incredible act for a child so small to tirgger such an act of giving; even though I did most of the leg work none of it would have happened with out the concern of a child for humans in need. I know todays events will stay with our family for the rest of our lives and both shaped our child's thoughts of the world as it exposed a small glimpse in to a future adult my child would be some day and I am so proud and humbled by the power of thought and its ability to create action.

Be open, willing and selfless , listen to you children because they are listing to life and support and encourage and live by example for they will mirror you and your choices. I can't take credit for who my child is, kids are born who they are, but I will always do my best to support her selfless thoughts and enable them to become actions and I hope if some one reads this that they will find ways to take action for good.