What is the heart of a child? How do I get back the open door policy with no waiting room or
receptionist filing her nails, no security system or visiting hour, fire alarms or emergency exits, no
insurance policies or saving accounts. The heart of a child grabs you by the cheeks with both hands and
says I love you. It says in a pink dress, "Good morning, I hate you. I wish you were dead." Then eats a
bowl of cereal.
The heart of a child teaches you chess at midnight on a school night. It reaches out her left shadow
hand to her right shadow hand and pulls her shadow into her body. It has all the good and bad on the
surface level of the bathtub water with the rubber duck. It lets you brush it's teeth. It never second
guesses or asks your opinion or asks for you to be sacrifice on the alter of art or religion. It just adores
your words and stick figures, no questions asked, and when the collective world says no, it just laughs
because the heart of a child does not understand the world no.
Linda Pyle
Author of Peaks,Palms & Picnics-Palm Springs revised and updated 2011
and Pacific Peaks & Picnics Day Journeys in San Diego County.
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