"When children or adults are distracted they are paying attention to something else. Whether it's soap falling into the bathtub, an apple falling from the tree, or the peculiar way an insect walks across the floor, small attractions may lead to bigger ideas. Being distracted, in other words, means otherwise attracted."
--Ellen J. Langer, The Power of Mindful Learning"
"Remember that writing is translating, and the opus to be translated is yourself."
--E. B. White, Letters of E. B. White
"He who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars; General Good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite and flatterer: For Art and Science cannot exist but in minutely organized particulars."
--William Blake, Jerusalem
If we look at life through the lense of the child, we discover that it magnifies the intensity of the experience, much like the magnifying glass intensifies the sun's energy so as to "set the world on fire." So too, are the "small things" in the child's life magnified. How long has it been since you looked at the world through a child's eyes? How long has it been since you savored life with child-like intensity? What are you waiting for?
--George Linthicum
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