Learning things from my daughter

[Mrs_P]

Kids are amazing, we get old when we stop being kids.. I learn from my kids everyday.
Kids live by their instincts openly and without hesitation. They are enthusiastic about life, eager to learn, and curious about everything.

I've taken my kids the park etc, and I have sat there and just watched how they interact with each other and the world around them, so much we learn from them.

I have 3 beautiful daughters, and they are my life.

 

[EarthRider]

hard to read your comment with your pic next to it

 

[BBR100]

For me, I'd guess when I got to the point that I could down a fifth of beam and want a 12 pack, but I doubt that applies to most.

i know first hand that's part of it but it starts much earlier than that.
like shirlene says, we get so busy we forget to appreciate the simple things. who could not be touched by a little girl giving a flower to a stranger because she looked sad?

I've always been close with my daughter. She's 13. A couple of weeks ago, I pulled into the mall to pick up a card for my mom for mother's day and so that she could get one for her mother and grandmother. She turned to me and said, "i know tons of people in there, it's not cool to walk in with your father". she stayed in the car....WTF?!

 

[zwhit]

hard to read your comment with your pic next to it

yes it is

 

[cindylou]

i know first hand that's part of it but it starts much earlier than that.
like shirlene says, we get so busy we forget to appreciate the simple things. who could not be touched by a little girl giving a flower to a stranger because she looked sad?

I've always been close with my daughter. She's 13. A couple of weeks ago, I pulled into the mall to pick up a card for my mom for mother's day and so that she could get one for her mother and grandmother. She turned to me and said, "i know tons of people in there, it's not cool to walk in with your father". she stayed in the car....WTF?!

Lol I'm already preparing my heart to be broken. I did it to my parents, I deserve it. Oh well, it's part of the process...

 

[zwhit]

Hard to be in a funk with a cool ass kid like that. Gotta be doin something right broski

 

[Sub-Zero]

Or I guess re-learning. I always used to be a very approachable person, in spite of my goonish appearance. Always smiled at people, looked them in the eye, acted, and usually was happy to talk to probably 90% of people I saw and it was all genuine. Life was good then. Then life as I knew it pretty much ended over the course of a few months and I became an introverted, apathetic person that could force a smile and then quickly look away from people hoping they wouldn't talk to me.

So I made this pet human that just loves life and anything that comes her way and she just attracts all things positive. I'll take her out and she talks to everyone, makes grumpy old guys smile, etc. We were at lunch the other day and some girl was sitting at a table crying and she took a flower out of our vase and walked it over to her and told her it'd be ok and patted her leg.

So since then I've forced myself at first to smile, but it's been coming naturally again, and just opened myself up to people in general again and it's been surprisingly effective since. It sucks how you can let yourself slip into a funk and have it just engulf you, but it's awesome how much a positive attitude and just a little effort can make a difference. I know there's more work to do, but I feel like I wasted the last 2 yrs of my life being so self absorbed.

i hear ya bro