In my last journal, I started a list of qualities or traits I want to help Oliver develop...little wonder-tools to carry with him, the kinds of items a fairy godmother might give a child to sustain him through a long journey. I wrote down several items and then asked Josh to add more. I'm thinking about putting the list up somewhere so that we can always remember what we want to give him or help him find.
*Self-worth
*Responsibility
*Bubbling joy
*Curiosity
*Fascination with books
*Body confidence
*Wonder
*Hope
*Basic, daily life skills
*Courage
*Empowerment
*Sense of opporutnity
*Internal locus of control
~Compassion
~Safety of mind
~Reason
~Intellectual honesty
~Aspects of human endeavor
~Creativity
~A sense of duty to his fellow man
~An open interest
~Humility
~Peace
~A sense of being connected to all things, distant or near
If only, like Tumnus with his packages for tea or Father Christmas with his strange presents, we could hand these to him or pack them in a basket with cinnamon biscuits and apples before we have to send him out into any bit of the world.
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