Day 192 of 400, "Through the Eyes of the Child"

My daughter is here for the 4th of July weekend so we visited her dad for lunch yesterday. As we are sitting in the resturante the oldest granddaughter was looking around and was saying how beautiful everything was. She would say, "Look Gamaw, that's beautiful. I like those lights, I love the color on their walls." She did this almost the whole time we are there.

Now for me this is a common experience of just embracing my surroundings, but I had never seen a child do this. And of course I never saw an adult do it either. I remember one of trips to Kansas, we decided to stop at a Mexican Resturante to eat, as we are sitting there I just could not help admiring all the beautiful art work and colors. I was ooohhing and aaahing over it all. My friend that was with us at the time just looked at me like I was going out of my head and said, "You act like this is your first time to be out in a resturante." It wasn't until expereincing my granddaughters delight in everything that I realized that I allowed myself to stop enjoying my surroundings just because someone else lacked this ability.

We are to embrace and enjoy our surroundings. I mean how much joy do we experience when we allow ourselves this simple pleasure and energy within our minds and body's? I was feeling so much pleasure, and then quickly it went away because I felt it wrong some how to be enjoying something that someone else couldn't or wouldn't allow them self to enjoy. Children, too, are programmed to stop looking at the beauty. This is done by telling them to stop doing what they are being. Energy!!!!

I appreciate my granddaughters because they allow me to see myself through the eyes of innocenses again. They allow me to see that everyday is a day to enjoy the beautiful things in life. And that there is so much to take it that it takes focus to be in it completely.

We went four wheeling yesterday and I completely embraced the whole event watching the childrens faces of happiness and excitment. The event allowed me to let myself go within the experience. Chldren are truly a blessing because you just never know where all that time went when you are with them.

Belief Statement: I shall never allow another person to take my peace away just because they are lonely or sad. I never want a person to influence me to such a degree that I gain confusion and lose focus.

Spirit Statement: I allow peace and joy in all degrees of certainity and focus.

You know it just seems so simple, but the reality of it is there are all types of people out there just waiting to rob us of our energy. Of course this means we give it away when we allow this to occur. But I understand better of why it's so important to surround yourself with positive, uplifting people. These people are more aligned and attuned to your frequency and are more uplifting of you and your experience.

Now listen, I'm writing this very quickly today and I'm not proofing this note today, much like I don't get to proof the others, but today more so. My grandchildren are up now and I want to spend all my waking hours with them. So please overlook the blunders today.