by Margaret Evans, Director of Lifespan Learning
This month, take some time to sit with your family. Ask them about their fears, about their desires, about those dreams that escape them. Ask each other about what the unknown means to them.
Watching small children play is a glimpse into true authenticity. They are not concerned with their clothing or their hair. They are simply present to the joys surrounding them.
How can you let yourself go into the unknown? Find a loved or trusted friend to talk to about ways to let yourself become settled in what you cannot grasp. This is hard to do, so be kind to yourself!
What is so beautiful is not that children are unaware, but that they are blissfully happy in their unknown. Fretting about what we do not know gives stress freedom to govern our lives. Let us learn from the beauty of a child’s simplicity. We do not know what we do not know, and yet we can also appreciate what is unknown without fear or anxiety.
Create a piece of art work in the snow or on a piece of paper. Simply let yourself create without intention or ideas. Allow the mind to wander as your draw. What did you create? What do you see in it?
Watch the clouds in the sky as they drift past. Allow your mind to wander as you wonder about where they came from and where they will do. What images do you see? What does that mean to you?