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From the M.O.B., continued

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April 06, 2008 at 6:23pm

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I've been watching my grandson Caleb (just about one year old) try his best to learn how to walk.

Didja ever watch, really watch a kid do that?!

In the space of about 5 minutes he:

Tries a step, falls forward and does a face plant (that must really hurt!)
[lots of crying]
He gets up, uses a shelf for balance, walks along, trips on a toy, and not only falls, but hits the shelf on the way down! (that must really hurt!)
[lots of crying]
He gets back up, tries again to take a step and does ANOTHER face plant! (that must really hurt!)
[lots of crying]

Are you catching a pattern here?
He'll probably repeat this scenario about a thousand times (and suffer about that many bumps and bruises) before he takes off walking....

I've been thinking...if there is something I want to do really badly, and fail at it about twice, (especially if great pain is involved) I most often simply quit!
Maybe I quit too soon...maybe falling and failing is just another way of learning...
Hmmmmm....another lesson from the "ankle-biters"!
(And maybe I should've named this blog entry "From the Backsides of Babies)!

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MT4God

April 07, 2008 at 1:44pm

I was thinking the same thing as I was reading Caleb's walking journey. I'm glad you wrote it down. We need to keep trying... and it's probably even more blessful to succeed after many times of falling down, hurting, and crying alot. Thank you for posting the lessons from our children.

Gretchen

April 08, 2008 at 6:53am

They say you can't teach old dogs new tricks, but as a dog owner I can tell you how untrue that saying is. I think we adults can learn a lot from children. Many times adults get in a rut and a child's view of things is fresh and always ongoing. I agree with beppe, the older we get we take failure after one or two times instead of pressing on and continuing until we get the results we want.

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