Do Not Ask Your Children This...

A Call to Make the Ordinary Come Alive.

This poem from William Martin's wonderful book, The Parent’s Tao Te Ching, reminded me of the importance of valuing the 'ordinary' first before searching for the extraordinary. And about how by learning and practicing this ourselves, we can teach it to others, including our kids.

Do not ask your children to strive for extraordinary lives.

Such striving may be admirable, but it is the way of foolishness.

Help them instead to find the wonder and the marvel of an ordinary life.

Show them the joy of tasting tomatoes, apples, and pears.

Show them how to cry when pets and people die.

Show them the infinite pleasure in the touch of a hand.

And make the ordinary come alive for them.

The extraordinary will take care of itself.

- William Martin.

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