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Make things better by making better things.
Adults will do everything in their power to stay dry in a storm. They pull out umbrellas, zip up raincoats, slip on rain boots. They sprint from building to car, doing whatever it takes to avoid getting wet.
Children are different. Most kids see a rainstorm as an invitation to jump in puddles.
An adult has already decided the rain is a problem to solve: it’s wet, it’s cold, it will ruin the morning. And they respond accordingly. But that competence is a trap. Somewhere along the way, we got so good at reading a situation that we stopped seeing anything in it but the inconvenience.
The field of view narrowed.
The adult and the child are standing in the same rain, and yet only one of them can still see the puddle.
When we can learn to accept our circumstances, we will find the opportunities.