Gutters into Waterfalls

I learned a lesson from my two year old daughter today.  We went on a walk and as we were strolling down the sidewalk she looked at the slimy, mossy water in the gutter and said, "Look, a waterfall!"  I realized that we need to see life through the eyes of a child more often.  Sometimes, experience makes us hard and cynical.  But sometimes we just need to remember the smiles of our children, but not my two year old's smile right now, because at this moment she is screaming her head off, but she's not bleeding, and nothing is broken, and it's Mother's Day, so I'm letting my sweet, older daughters take care of this little ball of sunshine. So she is still screaming, but these screaming moments add credibility to the fact that we should be more like little children.  Because they're experiencing life too, and it's not like everything is roses for them.  They have their rough moments too.  But they are still good at turning lemons into lemonade. It's clear, that at this moment, my two year old is struggling, but I bet if I took her to the gutter again she would say, "Look!  A waterfall!"  So if you're having a rough day, or experiencing some "bumps" in life, go ahead, take a walk, and turn that gutter into a waterfall!  Or that bag of sugar into a pan of brownies, or that TV with the blank screen into a TV with Full House playing on it (you know you want to), or that quiet, empty room into a break dance floor (I think you're supposed to have a big piece of cardboard for that one, and parachute pants, and my husband told me that you should have a bandana tied around your knee too).  And right now, my seven year old daughter who is experiencing pain in her ankles (due to a disease she has) is saying, "Mom, can I snuggle with you, I haven't snuggled with you all day.  I really want to snuggle with you!"  So her version of turning gutters into waterfalls is turning pain into snuggle time.  Find your waterfall!!