Thursday, October 23, 2008

Empathy


When we got home from the pumpkin patch, after each boy had carefully picked out their own pumpkins, Cole promptly broke the stem off his. Noah calmly watched from across the room. After a bit of thought, he quietly said, "We could trade." And every day since, Noah has claimed the broken stem-pumpkin as his own as Cole happily fingers the curly stem of his newly acquired pumpkin, thanks to his sweet brother.

Little Boy Wisdom #19: Find in your heart the courage to see things from another's perspective.
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