Adeola James, Arlin Gordon, Benita Cooper, August 31, 2011
Once upon a time, before the eyes were below the knees, people lived together as one family. We cooked and shared what we had. It was a great time for children. You didn’t have to pay for baby sitters because the children belonged to everyone and we were considered the responsibility of everyone. No wonder a child does not have just one mother but many, and reveled in the beautiful blessings.
The joy in the lives of children is what we need today, because they have no cares and no worries. That is what we as adults need today: to love children and have peace—they only worry about today. They don’t worry about tomorrow, they just have today.
Learning from our children, spending time with our children, maybe that is the very thing that can make us better adults. Maybe it is possible to, in some new way, return to that time when we cooked together and shared what we had and looked after one another’s children. And through the process, look after one another, too.
I’m in, are you?