Words of Wisdom From LaPaz Home Learning's Blog

For a Child

by Fannie Stearns Davis

Your friends shall be the Tall Wind,
The River and the Tree;
The Sun that laughs and marches,
The Swallows and the Sea.

Your prayers shall be the murmur
Of grasses in the rain;
The song of wildwood thrushes
That makes God glad again.

And you shall run and wander,
And you shall dream and sing
Of brave things and bright things
Beyond the swallow’s wings.

And you shall envy no man,
Nor hurt your heart with sighs,
For I will keep you simple
That God may make you wise.

She talks about what that means to her. Not to raise kids in ignorance, or to shelter them from the complexities of life, but to live simply. A life of wholesome food, good books, a slow pace and time in nature. Long periods to think and play(free from distraction).

I am not doing her justice. If you would like to see what she actually wrote go here.

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