A little one literally bumped into me at coffee this morning.
She was spinning about in a brightly colored dress, watching the fabric dance as she twirled. Upon her last pirouette, she came tumbling backwards into my legs – causing my freshly poured coffee to come crashing from hand.
“Stacey,” her father cried. “Watch what you’re doing!!” At which point, she broke into tears.
“Spin for me, again.” I smiled. “Show me how happy spinning makes you feel.”
She spun again. And, again and again. Until shrieks of laughter filled every corner of the store.
Why are we so triggered by these accidents my loves? What’s the true source of our day suddenly becoming unhinged?
“I’m trying to teach her a lesson,” her father scowled.
“As am I,” I replied.
He stewed for a moment before his precious little one grabbed his hand.
“Daddy, remember?” she asked. “Accidents are accidents, except when on purpose.”
How easily we assume intention, my loves. We become uneasy within the space of our own emotion, as our minds work quickly to transfer pain.
But, in doing so we risk losing the true joy of each moment — these ‘accidents’ which urge our hearts closer still.
“It is a troublesome thing,” writes Anne Brontë. “susceptibility affronts where none are intended.”
It is something to be remembered, my loves ~ to offer our eyes with compassionate understanding, to ‘see’ what may otherwise be obscured.
It is the lesson within the action my loves, seeing through to the true heart of the matter.
In doing so we create the space for kindness to prevail.
Namaste, my loves ~ wishing you the joy of a coffee spilled morning ❤️
In peace…
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This is absolutely beautiful in its simplicity. Yet so profound. Thank you for sharing! My heart smiles.
Thank you, darling ~ my heart smiles with yours, as well <3
I understand where you are coming from. Kindness and compassion should always be our first reactions, and we should always be allowed to enjoy the simple pleasures in life, although there is a time and a place for everything. Children need to learn to be aware of themselves and everything around them. Not everyone will react in the same manner as you did, which is a sad truth. This time she bumped in to a kind stranger, next time she might not be as lucky. Not only that, if she is allowed to keep her head in the clouds when the timing is not right she could get herself in to a lot more trouble. Accidents are accidents, yes, and one should not be made to feel bad about them, but at the same time the father’s intent was not to hurt his child with his words. His intent was to protect his child and to ensure that in the future she would think twice before doing something that could potentially harm her. Is there a better way of going about it, sure there is, but if we are “seeing into intention”, we need to look from all sides.