Children Are Timeless

One fascinating aspect of children is their seeming lack of awareness for time. They can happily play for hours without an agenda or even the desire of looking at a clock. Most adults on the other hand live conscious and almost bound by a schedule. A common complaint from parents is that there are just not enough hours in the day. This is illustrated by the story of a father who always brings files and folders home after work. His son asks one day, "Dad, why do you bring all those papers home every night?" The father responds, "Well, it is because I can't finish it all during the day so I have to do it at home". The son looks innocently at his dad and says, "Can't they put you in a slower group?"

My kids living life in the slow lane

I believe there is something to be learned from children in the way they approach life. Perhaps some of us need to be placed in a slower group, intentionally cutting back our ambitions, appointments, and endeavors in order to live a more manageable and healthy life. I understand that certain things need to get done and adults have responsibilities, but if we are always in a hurry it can be easy to miss the moment. This might be a good time to take a break from your busy schedule and enter into the care-free world of your child's play- at least for a few minutes...

"Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning to end." Ecclesiastes 3:11 (NLT)