The Direction of Intention

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I met Emma today. She is two years old. Her picture is in the dictionary next to the word Cherub. It is also next to the words Cute, Adorable, and Sprite. She taught me how to do nose kisses and reminded me what full-body joy can do to a collection of weathered adults: her joy-explosions sent us over the edge into delight.

Here’s the picture: Her 5-year old brother Noah and I were playing hide and seek (I also learned to count to ten. Noah wanted to make sure I was qualified to play. We rehearsed counting for several minutes until I got it right. I am a slow study and Noah was a patient teacher). Emma wanted to play, too, and at two years old anything goes. I count (correctly). Noah hides with Emma hot on his heels. The moment I count ten and say, “Ready or not, here I come!” Emma leaps from her hiding spot and bounds to the center of the room and presents herself as if she just won a car on The Price Is Right. She finds me and is found and what could be more thrilling! It is, after all, the point of hiding, isn’t it?

What part of you are you hiding? What part needs to be found? Emma reminded me that hiding is just the first part of the game; in life the real joy comes when you bound to the center of the room and say, “Here I am! And, there you are.”

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