A bird in hand is worth two in a bush they say. But what happens to a kid’s heart when a picture of one emerges in her hand?
The flutter in her eyes and the urgent joy that the twitch in the corner of her mouth gives away are flights of joy that no bird can match!
It’s not the big toys that cause the greatest joys. Sure they bring in their own levels of happiness. But the moments spent laughing and waiting for something to emerge are the ones that are green in the mind.
To splash around is great fun. To splash around doesn’t get you a great distance. But its good fun nevertheless.
There are those for whom life is a series of splashes. And there are the others who cover a long distance with minimal splash.
A stroke here. A stroke there. A dive now. A glide underwater. A few bubbles that show progress. And then the head shows up on the other side of the pool.
The little miss isn’t interested. She wants to splash.
There is a time and place for everything. A time to splash. And another to swim. In a kids world, the fun is in the splash.
Yes, in a kid’s world.
(at Bangkok, Thailand)