I recently got to spend some time with my niece Dani. My mom says Dani reminds her of me; talkative and full of energy. During my visit, Dani proved my observation to be true. I felt like she was always running around and had some type of story to tell me. She goes to daycare so she picks up a lot of things from the other kids..some good, some bad.
Anyways during my time with my niece she taught me some things.
1) It’s okay to take your time.
During my visit we went for a walk. I’m a fast walker, everyone tells me this. I blame it on my long legs. While walking with Dani I noticed she was having a hard time keeping up with me. I slowed down my pace so she would be okay. Even though we were taking our time, we still got to the place we needed to. Sometimes we just need to take out time and have patience.
2) Sometimes you just have to give it a go.
Well of course when I got used to walking slow, Dani wanted to run fast. And run fast she did. I don’t know where she got the burst of energy from but it’s what I needed. Sometimes if you move too slow, you miss out on some good action.
3) It’s okay to fall from time to time.
One time during the visit, Dani was telling me about a time when she fell at daycare. “Auntie, I have a boo-boo on my knee” she told me. She then proceeded to tell me she was running, then fell and scratched her knee. Smiling, she rolled up her pants to show me the scab. The fall didn’t bother her as much because now she had a story to tell and this scab to show for it. We all go through things in life and sometimes we fall and are left with scars. But each fall or scab is a lesson learned or a cool story.
Travelling to 30 