Imagine a 22-month-old composer! Her song, whenever she sings it is always the same. It has a tune and words and quite a little beat. Actually it is very simple, but very wonderful and might have gone totally unnoticed if her father hadn’t picked up on the fact that she sang it quite frequently over the course of several days. It was a song and it was hers and it was unique!
How many of us think we are ordinary and never do anything wonderful and unique when the truth is that most of us just do not have anyone who notices who we are and what we can do and is both willing and wanting to celebrate us!
Many parents might have smiled and just dismissed this simple song as babbling. It required ears to hear that it was definitely a finished work being performed over and over again. Now ask for “Your Song” and she will burst into it with joy and precision!
I think attention is the purest kind of love. To take the time to really notice another person and encourage them to do whatever it is they love and are good at, is a gift so seldom given and so desperately appreciated. No matter what this little girl grows up to be, she is likely to feel confident and loved and empowered.
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