Lean on Me

Relationships for kids are easy.

Well, easier.

With my kids, for example, tattling and holding hands can come within moments of each other. A well timed "sorry" wipes the slate completely clean. No baggage. No "forgive and forget"...the offending incident just simply ceases to be.

I wish adult relationships were like that. I wish that I could move on and leave things behind. I wish that little things didn't get under my skin and bother me for ages. I wish that I didn't react so passionately to the things that people say and do. Usually after my passionate outbursts I find myself quite embarrassed and wishing I'd never said anything at all.

I wish that I could be one of  those people that just glide through...untouched by what everyone else says and does.

Or I wish that I could be like my students. Ready, trusting, and unashamed of my naivete.