Meeting Poppy

Ah....back from a trip to New England to meet my incredible new niece Poppy (a.k.a. Penelope) and just as I had predicted she is beautiful!! Oh yeah it was also my birthday so I had most of my family to visit with for a good portion of the weekend....There we all are sitting around just waiting for our turn to hold the newest member of our family.

Isn't it incredible how babies don't have to do anything..... they just make a sound or move a hand and we all sigh in wonderment and awe. We stare at them endlessly and marvel at the miracle of the little person in front of us. I look at my brother and sister and see how delighted they are and how the shared experience of bringing this little bundle into the world has brought them even closer together.

Why do we lose that? Does it have to be that way? Why can't we take a lesson from how we view Poppy? She is an incredible little human whom I am sure will do great things. We all have that same potential and when we started out everyone thought the best of us as well. So where did it go wrong?

I know... I know... you are thinking well babies don't have a track record, we don't have much to judge them on. But ask yourself this...how often are we looking for the bad in people...the mistakes......the places they don't "live up to our expectations" like we ever lived up to someone else's expectations..right?

Take a lesson from Poppy. How about we start looking at the good in people? The times they delight us or make us feel good. How about if we cut each other a little slack and allow for the fact that we are humans? Oh sure the media would hate it ....but what about our relationships with each other? How do you think they might improve?

Thanks Poppy, for giving me a wake up call as to how precious and individual we all are. I wouldn't have it any other way.