Have you spent time with a two-year old recently? The days are amusing, simple, fun – once needs are filled. I stayed with two-year-old Sebastian last week when Alicia and Michael flew to the Bahamas. They had the perfect vacation, and well, Sebastian and I did, too. We got to know one another better. The 105 degree temperature hovering around Raleigh the week before left. Sebastian and I abandoned the indoors and played in the yard with water toys, balls, toy cars, and when those things were exhausted he ran back and forth in the yard with his eyes closed, hair flying, and face looking toward the sky. In watching him, I felt free, too. I’m always wondering what goes on in the mind of a little one. A long time ago I came to the conclusion that it’s a lot more than we adults realize.
Did you happen to catch Brian Weiss on Oprah, along with Dr. Oz? Dr. Weiss wrote Many Lives Many Masters twenty years ago, and the book has earned a permanent place on the shelves of bookshops. When I read the book I had already made a decision about believing or not believing in reincarnation, and Many Lives Many Masters deepened that belief. When I spend time with a little one, I see a small body already having had many life experiences.
Though taking care of a little one is non-stop, looking back on the week with Sebastian, and, given a choice of the Bahamas or being with Sebastian in the backyard – without a doubt – I’d say, the Bahamas can wait.
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