Today I looked into my six-year-old grandson's eyes and shared the wonder of discovering the world anew. He drew robots and lifeboats and mocked my efforts to draw like him, but very gently. Most of all it was the look of wonder in his eyes that charmed me. I hope I have captured some of his enthusiasm and will take it with me into tomorrow. How foolish people are to spend so little time with children. Parents these days are encouraged to spend less and less time with their children, because material things are seen as more important than they really are. A child doesn't need gadgets but time to be listened to. It's time you really made your child much more important in your life. Find time for your child by throwing out some glitsy gadget that gets between you and seeing the real wonder of being six.
I have written in previous posts about disasters. In the case of Concorde, decisions by people, plus other factors were directly to blame for the event. In the case of the Penlee disaster it may have been avoided if someone had made a better choice in the time beforehand and as a consequence brave men and the ship's crew and the captain and his family died. 9/11 was certainly the result of wicked men committing a terrorist act, but even in this there was heroism notably by another Cornish man, Rick Rescorla who helped many to safety and left it too late to help himself. In situations like this we see what the human spirit is capable of both good and evil. What of disasters that come on people because of the earth restless movement of tectonic plates. Often people live near volcanoes because the land is rich and fertile and they have the chance of a better life there when the volcano is resting. We cannot blame them for that but sometimes people become complacent...
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