Make The Ordinary Come Alive
One lovely benefit of half the country being snowed in this
winter again and AGAIN, are the flurry of posts by Friends school educators on Facebook; those who I rarely see on there otherwise. On the unexpected day (or days)
home they reconnect with others in the virtual world. And today, this poem has
been circling between friends who work with children and still get to have the
thrill of a “snow day.” (Of course I live in Savannah, GA and still no snow
here ;)
Make The Ordinary Come Alive
By William Martin
Do not ask your children
to strive for extraordinary lives.
Such striving may seem admirable,
but it is a 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 of itself.
By William Martin
Do not ask your children
to strive for extraordinary lives.
Such striving may seem admirable,
but it is a 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 of itself.
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