Through the Eyes of our Children...

Yesterday, as Jake and I were doing our first *Japanese* conversation lesson and having a great time doing it, laughing, connecting, learning...I was thinking of how my world has been so incredibly expanded and blessed from nurturing and encouraging what my CHILDREN love to do...because I *choose* to JOIN them in their world, in their interests...and I allow my life to be blessed because I am open to learning from *them*.

In fact, that's what my children can be found doing most every single day ~ the things that THEIR hearts were drawn to. Sure, I do my job as an unschooling parent of expanding their worlds, putting as much as I can in front of them and letting them choose from it.

But the things that their hearts are drawn to doing day in and day out are the things that came from within themSelves. Directions that I could never have foreseen, predicted, nor planned.

I am learning to speak Japanese. I am playing video games and I see the incredible value in playing video games. I am watching anime. I am having the most thought-provoking, intelligent conversations that I have ever had in my entire 43 years ~ with my CHILDREN. BECAUSE of *their* questions, insights, thoughts, observations, perspectives of the world.

Being always open to growing and learning more is the best gift I have been given from my children. To question all that was put before me during all of my yesterdays...and to see more infinite potential in *this moment* than I have ever been able to see before. There has been no greater gift than this one of knowing how to truly live a rich and full life that has real meaning in the scope of the Universe.

I will always continue to walk in the direction of my own heart...and I also will always be thankful for those paths that my children have shown me, that I have chosen to walk with them, beside them, letting them lead the way so that my world can be expanded and blessed...all because of the Shine coming from their Light.