Lately I have been inspired by young children. I have witnessed this beautiful moment frequently; (however I did not get a picture of it because I think I might weird out the children that created the moment). There is a young family that lives across the street from me. On my way home from school, I pass the children as they walk home from the bus stop. When I drive by in my car the older brother always pulls his sister away from the street and on the other side of him so that she won’t get hit by the upcoming traffic. The little girl then hits his hands away and keeps walking like she has everything in control. I find it beautiful when the older brother tries and protects her sister by pulling her away from the traffic.
Every time I see this I want to tell the little girl to not push her brother away. He is trying to keep her safe. She should be thanking her brother for looking out for her. At one point, I was laughing to myself about how naive the girl was. She didn’t understand that her brother was trying to help her, not hurt her, As I chuckled, I started to think about all the times I had pushed away someone that was trying to help me. I began to have flashbacks of my childhood and how my older siblings used to pull me away from the street. I used to get so mad at them for not letting me do what I wanted. Now, I wish I could go back to that time. I still have older siblings but as our lives change so do our relationships. They are no longer there walking beside me keeping me out of the traffic; instead they are in different cities. I miss the times when I knew that they were right beside me; and wish that I could go back and thank them for watching out for me all these years. I wish I would have appreciated their help while it was there instead of looking back and being grateful. I guess, in the long run, I am still like the little girl. I always think that I know what’s best and I have everything in control; without help from anyone else. I am beginning to understand that this is not usually the case.
As I get older, I am faced with more and more choices. Though I would like to say I can make these decisions by myself, I can’t. I rely heavily on those around me, especially the adults, to guide me and help me stay clear of the traffic of life. I am not saying that you should always do what others tell you to do. I am just saying that, instead of pushing help away, embrace it and be thankful that there are those who love you enough to want and try to help you. I am going to try and notice those that are helping me; see the beauty in the moment; and be appreciative.
I love this! It is so true, all too often we think that we can do things all by ourselves and push away the hands that are reaching out to us. I know that in my own life my pride has pushed away many helping hands, and by pushing those hands away they are less likely to reach out the next time that we are willing to accept their help. I agree with you one hundred percent, and believe that we all should be more willing to accept help from those around us.
ReplyDeleteI really like this post. I think that everyone has needed help from somebody else at one time or another. We will always be like those little kids that don’t know right from wrong in some way. Even as adults, we are all like this. We may think that we know everything, but don’t. We are always learning. If we want to learn more, than we must be willing to learn to accept other people’s help. Our view point on something is not the only view point and may not even be the correct view point. The more we listen to others, the wiser we become.
ReplyDeleteThis is all so true. Sometimes we think we know more than we do and we do not accept advice or help from others. I think we all are in situations like this at some point or another. I know I have been. I think that by listening to other people's advice, we will become much happier and we will be less likely to experience something bad in our lives. We may think that we “know it all”, but there are people older and wiser than us who are more aware of how things can impact our lives. Anyway, this is very good advice. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteEryn, this is huge! Especially for us as seniors we have no clue what’s going to happen when we graduate from high school. All we have is that it is grown up time and we can’t be as care free as we are now. I’ve noticed a lot that as we get ready to go on in our lives that we have a lot of people helping us get ready for the oncoming traffic in life. Mrs. Caffey has definitely become a big a big help to us. See is our college readiness teacher and she is telling us how it is. She isn’t sugar coating it like a lot of people have in the past. She is also giving is strength and awareness by providing us with encouragement and scholarship information. Mrs. Caffey isn’t the only one although. All of our teachers are prepping us for the next world, the changes that we are about to experience. Our parents are probably our biggest helpers in life. My mother and my father have made me into a strong individual that will make it in the adult life.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great observation,and im glad that kids still protect their little siblings even though they dont realize that they are trying to help.
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