It's often said isn't it that you should view things through the eyes of a child and I reason that it is because those eyes are not yet tainted by cynicism and they see the joy in things that for us we have become immune too or take for granted, our senses dulled by the sheer ordinariness of things to our eyes.
Yesterday our 5 year old grandson came to a Christmas Lunch with us and bless them, the organisers made sure all the children had a winning raffle ticket and the big man himself made an appearance and the sheer joy and delight on the little ones faces were a sight to behold. Winning a raffle prize was amazing as he was up and out of his chair and running up to the top without his usual caution - he is at that shy age.
Children get a "Wow factor" from things we take for granted and especially new things. A dragonfly a butterfly, sheep in our field at the back, lights, artwork, posters, cars and fire engines, all sorts of things and it is well worth us taking the opportunity to learn from them about this view of the world I think. Can a butterfly bring joy? Of course it can and a fire engine or a shop display or almost anything at all if you look at it properly. How many of us look up when we are out? In my local town there are some architectural features of interest, if you look up. There's a castle too but people walk by and don't stop to have a look at it. It's amazing and in good repair for its age. Then we have the river, the locks, the bridges and it's all there before you but we park our cars, go to the shops or whatever we are doing and then get back in the car and drive home.
Make time to appreciate it all and view it through new eyes and marvel at it too.
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