Child
A Child
Let me begin by sharing, Arya (our granddaughter) has since her birth been reminded that she IS LOVE and is here to BE LOVE. She feels energy and leads us in meditation. She KNOWS from her BEING that there is more than what this world presents. She knows how to go inside and listen. I pray she always knows this to be true.
There is something profoundly sacred about the innocence of a child. Before fear teaches caution, before disappointment teaches doubt, before the world convinces them to protect themselves, children live in a state of openness that many adults spend a lifetime trying to rediscover.
A child trusts naturally. They trust that when they reach out, someone will be there. They trust that tomorrow will come. They trust that life is worthy of exploration. They believe in possibilities without first demanding proof. They step forward into the unknown with curiosity rather than suspicion. Their questions are sincere. Their wonder is genuine. Their hearts remain open to experience.
When a child loves, they do not calculate whether love is deserved. When they laugh, they do not first determine whether the moment is worthy of joy. When they cry, they do not hide their tears behind explanations. They move honestly through life, expressing what is real for them in the moment.
Perhaps this is why Y’Shua spoke so often of becoming as a little child. He was not encouraging immaturity. He was pointing toward a quality of Being that is Truth. The child has not yet learned to build elaborate defenses against life. The child has not yet become convinced that fear is wisdom or that cynicism is intelligence. The child still remembers, in a way, who they were created to be and how to live from trust.
As life unfolds, experiences of hurt, betrayal, loss, and disappointment often teach us to close parts of ourselves. We learn to doubt where once we trusted. We learn to protect where once we welcomed. We learn to analyze where once we simply knew. Yet beneath all those layers, the original innocence remains untouched.
Healing is not the creation of innocence. Healing is the recovery of it.
The journey of forgiveness, conscious Breath, and self-awareness is not about becoming something new. It is about removing what never belonged so that the innocence that has always been present can once again be experienced. It is the restoration of trust, not blind trust in the world, but trust in Life itself. Trust in Love (God). Trust in the wisdom that Breathes us. Trust that beneath every fear and every defense, there remains a Presence that has never been harmed.
The innocence of a child is not weakness. It is strength before fear. It is openness before judgment. It is trust before betrayal. It is Love before the world teaches separation.
And perhaps the deepest work of a human life is to return, consciously and willingly, to that place where trust is natural, wonder is alive, forgiveness is immediate, and Love is once again the ground upon which we stand.
