Teach the Children

Teach your kids to reach for the stars. To look to the heavens for magic and peace. To marvel at the lights in the sky and the wishes they grant.

Teach your kids to touch the earth. To stand in the sand with their toes full of grit. To brush their fingertips along rocks as they pass and to feel the essence of time beneath. To feel the heat of the stone and let it warm their hands and their souls.

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Teach your kids to bear the cold. To go out on a winter night and sleep beneath the skies. To waken to the sound of birds greeting the sun as it washes across the land.

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Teach your kids the power of a campfire. To stare into its depths and feel life’s pressures slip away. To spread the ashes thin when they’re done and to be grateful for the heat it gave.

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Teach your kids the importance of connection. To take their friends into the wilderness and laugh together as they run into the setting sun. To learn from each other just as much as they learn from us.

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Teach your kids. And be sure to let them teach you their wisdom, too.