Learning from the Masters

People today think a lot about creativity, happiness, and joy. We read articles about it, subscribe to newsletters to inspire it, create journal entries to explore it, and visit blogs to develop a sense of community around it.

I love doing all of these things, and they have added immeasurably to my life in the past couple of months. I realize, though, that my greatest teachers—the Masters of Creativity, Happiness, and Joy—are right here in my own home, dropping crumbs on my floor, creating loads of dirty laundry, and strewing toys across my family room.

My children are Master Teachers when it comes to creativity, happiness, and joy. They OWN these qualities without self-consciousness, strategy, or defined purpose.

I am not going to abandon the articles, newsletters, journals, or blogs, but I AM going to spend some time observing my two- and three-year-old daughters a little more closely to determine what wise lessons they have to teach me about living life.

{Some days it's a boat, some days it's a train, some days it's a car. 

Who knows what it will be tomorrow!}

{Total trust and total fun.}

{At our church's Family Retreat.}

{That's "MISS Potato Head" to you!}

{One of those moments you just live for as a Mom.}

{A student and her teachers}