Peace In – Peace Out
Who has read The
Absorbent Mind by Dr. Maria Montessori?
I credit some of my words here to that book, which I first read in
1986.
These next 4 lines I wrote for my daughter:
These next 4 lines I wrote for my daughter:
The heart and soul—the strongest—most beautiful of creations
Are inside you—the future is within.
So grin as you listen to its
din.
When my daughter, Anna, was born I began to study the work of
Dr. Maria Montessori, even taking off a year to obtain a degree from the Association
Montessori Internationale in Atlanta.
Many don’t realize that Dr. Montessori’s thinking
covers the whole development of human kind from birth to adulthood. Its
application among all social classes, cultures and creeds on all five
continents focuses on the challenge that no attempt to solve social and moral
issues will succeed if we concentrate only on humans-as-adults and not on the
whole person, and that it is the young child who determines humanity’s future. Her
peaceful philosophy can be felt here in Bellingham and all around the world.
The child sees, believes.
The child grows naturally, desires
endlessly.
The child is the key.
Every child born into our world is a pacifist. Our human nature
is pure at birth. We are peaceful. The way we are raised, our nurture,
instills our tendency to be happy and loving.
Or, our environment changes us, and we become… little soldiers. Parents
are the baby’s largest influence in the first five years of a child’s life.
Most parents want their children to grow up well, but they have their own
issues to overcome.
When I feel the world in me, I would
not think to shout.
When I feel the world on me, I am
inclined to burst out.
The child may become vulnerable to the consequences of
negligence or misguidance.
I believe, the fastest path to reach world peace begins with
each infant. Look to the babe. Listen to the newborn’s plea.
“I am helpless, and pure, trusting you”.
If children are treated with complete respect from birth,
they have a much higher chance of become caring, cheerful, curious, confident, creative contributing
adults to a peaceful and progressive society.
When skies unfold themselves
bellowing with glee,
They’ve reached maturity.
When countries meld friendship and
freedom,
They’ve arrived at wisdom.
When children repeat their intense
love of a simple exercise,
They are fulfilled.
Whenever nature is allowed to blossom
with patience and understanding,
It’s rewarding to the blue sky up
high, to the land beyond command,
And to the human being unseen.
Peace in - peace out, Papa Green Bean
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