Kids Live in the Moment

Kids are amazingly adept at living in the moment.

They keep their eyes open for organic opportunities to stop...so they can see and take it all in and of course, be curious and appreciate the wonder.

They see situations unfold. They engage in activities and formulate judgments in real time. They're filled with experiences rich with happiness and fun. They manifest what adults now consider as buzzword - "mindfulness". 
Kids do have that. 

"Buti pa sila... kaya marami nagsasabi talaga na masaya ang maging bata."

Back then, mindfulness was also our way of life... right now, we already got conditioned to moving through life at an increasingly rapid pace kaya minsan nakakalimutan na talaga mag suklay. 

Uhhhmmm... puro tayo zoom meetings... works come in and form unidentifiable shapes because they're all what we have...from home to work and even from doing work from home.

How we, adults wish... 
we could have extended walks with our inner child everyday and always see the beauty of the things around us, just as our children see them.

We've not fully studied the skies yet...all that bring us wonder are the usual things we see up there... there's fun too in seeing the skies mirroring  on the water-filled basin.

- Side Dishes of Parenting 

#healthykidsproject

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