It's Simple....We Learned It All In Kindergarten

Will contemplating life above the world

As I was helping Will get ready for kindergarten this morning, he was sharing a lot of his wisdom with me. He was telling me about what some of the kids in kindergarten believe regarding where they go after they die. When they have time to talk about such deep stuff in kindergarten, I don't know. He seemed to have a good handle on their thoughts and ideas.

I asked him what he believed and he said, that was easy. After his earth body stops working, he will go back to be part of the Universe with all the stars and planets. He said he was looking forward to flying around the milk-way again. (I didn't even know he knew about the milky-way!) As I was combing his curly hair at the time, he turned his face up towards me and gave me a brilliant smile. In that second, I knew it was simple and he understood it all.

Christmas day 2014...Will had three wishes for Christmas...the first was a telescope...maybe to go home for a bit each night

I was thinking....."maybe I have all the answers too"

                          


Later, this morning as I was catching up on my email and face book messages, I came across a you tube video by my Wild Divine group (an online meditation support group) based on Robert Fulghum's poem called, "We learned it all in kindergarten." I watched the video and was rather stunned at the coincidence of having this conversation with my little 5 year old and then watching and listening to this lovely message. Right away I wanted to share it with you.

I think the part I liked best about the video/poem were the words, "stick together and hold hands." When I think about what I really want to do on my blog it is just that; make connections, inspire, and spread good messages like this one. We do have it all inside of us. It was there WAY before we came to earth but it is reinforced in many ways during our kindergarten year. Why we lose that wisdom I don't know, except I think maybe we wouldn't learn as much on this earth school if we lived our lives constantly remembering this simple message. (although the world would be a better place if we remembered)


Will summed it up casually as he was brushing his teeth. He was all foamed up and through his mouth full of toothpaste I heard it clearly, "it's all about love Mom." Yeah, right kiddo. Of course, it's that simple.

And so as I have been talking all about minimalism lately, I thought this message was probably the MOST important thing to remember...to impart. It's all about love. Love.

                               LOVE 

                 What a simple message!

Will grabbed his backpack and his coat and told me that it's okay that his friends all have their own ideas and thoughts about what happens after they die. We all have our own beliefs and create our own reality, but what REALLY matters is being loving while we are here. 

As I drove my little wise man to kindergarten this morning I thought deeply about his words, his shining smile. I thought if these kinds of ideas were in our world leader's thought process, we would be healing our planet and living in peace.

Then when I saw this video, I knew I had to pass it along, because if each of us remembers what we knew when we came to earth...or even what we learned in Kindergarten, we can change the world sticking together and holding hands.

~We are the ones, we have been waiting for~Alice Walker
                    




Here is the video that I just found by Wild Divine called, "Keep it Simple."  
(Click on the hyper-link above if you can't see the video below)

Based on the poem by Robert Fulghum called, "We learned it all in Kindergarten."

I hope you like it and it inspires you to look inside today, maybe when you are eating your cookies this afternoon, before you take a nap.

Before Will came to earth I used to sit on this rock and meditate. Letting go and trusting that good things were flowing into my life. I had no idea that a wise teacher would be coming in the form of a little boy.

Until we meet again, may you be well, happy and peaceful.

Blessings from Hope