Persistence with a goal: The Beautiful World of Children

I wrote this peom as I watch my 20 months toddler explore his world and it taught me several lessons for life.

If only I can see the world through the eyes of children
I will not fear failure
I will not be ashamed of my true self
I will fail as many times as there are yet not stop trying

I will take my steps and fall, yet I will try again and again
I will try to open my bottles, my toys, my umbrella and I will not give up
I will explore my world without fear, I will climb, I will jump

If only I can see the world through the eyes of children
I will feed myself over and over with my hands not able to reach my mouth
I will try the left, then the right and the left again

I will not fear the stains or think of the messes because I do not know them
I only know one thing, to get the food into my mouth
No matter how little, no matter how much…
Just some food into my mouth, little, scoop at a time all by myself.