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Brent Briggs's avatar

I read a study on highly educated people. One of the strongest 'tells' of such a person is that they cannot engage in "common discussions." Their brains are far too advanced to prattle on with folks who talk about politics, sports, or daily pressures. They lose interest and interrupt with phrases like, "so, what's your point?" or "Yeah, yeah, yeah, I get it."

Such "educates" are far above a child's babbling or playing with tinker toys. Little do they know that they pass right over the opportunity to shape a human mind.

While working in a customer's home, his two pre-school daughters were watching me and asking questions. I enjoyed their curiosity. Then, I asked if they knew their alphabet, and they did. I asked if they could lay on the floor and make letters with their body, arms and legs. Soon, they were giggling and wiggling out the letters, and learning as they played. Their dad burst into the room and scolded them for being on the floor, and ran them up to their rooms.

Instead of being insulted by lowering one's self to a child's level, we should be honored for the opportunity to participate!

But Jesus said, “Let the children come to me. Don’t stop them! For the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to those who are like these children.” Matthew 19:14

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Dennis K McGee's avatar

This with Ed Dowd is excellent. He pronounces what I can agree should be the pass/fail litmus test for the incoming administration - they must recall the shot in the first 6 months. As ever, we'll see.

Thanks.

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