Last weekend i went for a long hike. Before i left, River asked me ‘will you find something to bring back for me’, and so i did. A piece of chalk and a shell.
He’s been delighted with these, and insisted they live on the windowsill next to his bed.
They represent adventure, exploration, and curiosity.
I consider one of my greatest parenting achievements to have been to teach him the wisdom of filling your pockets with stones, interesting leaves, and sea glass.
These things have no meaning, except that which we put into them.
Use your sixty seconds today to consider what has value for you, and how that value found it’s way there.
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