Learning and falling
These past few days Vai likes to get himself into this half-sitting-half-crawling position. And I do notice that sometimes he does manage to get himself to sit down in the end (he’s yet to figure out how to get back to his tummy though!)
His learning journey, however simple it may look to us adults, requires a lot of his energy and concentration. AND, he topples, falls and cries too along the way (and gets a hug from Mommy of course).
But the thing is, after what seems to be ‘failed attempts’, all babies get up and continue to learn again (and we know that they eventually master the skills).
A good reminder to us adults, I think.
That we should also never feel discouraged by life’s downs. That when we fail, we should continue to move on, learn, improve … and smile.
