Start Your Dream with “Pretend”

Cynthia Herron Positive Thinking 4 Comments

Hello, all! This is an updated post, but one I think you’ll enjoy. Like other little girls, I often played “pretend.” I dreamed I was a princess, a Barbie, a mermaid, or a teacher. It changed from day-to-day. Between the ages of seven and eight, something else stirred within me. I realized I wanted to tell stories, too. I don’t know that I …

Ditch Doubt, Define Your Destiny

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As a child, I knew I was different. When I was about seven, my second grade teacher confirmed it. (“It” not being tangible in terms of a label per se, but more a stark realization than anything else.) Mrs. K spoke with deliberate, adult-like precision and put it into perspective for my little girl brain. Her words transcended my finite knowledge of a …

Touching the Intangible

Cynthia Herron Christianity, Positive Thinking 9 Comments

For children, it’s easier to believe in the unseen. They haven’t fully experienced life yet. They believe in pretend and their imaginative, carefree worlds and playmates are their now. They live life on the edge because that’s a fun place to be. Fear of tomorrow isn’t yet on their radar. God’s little ones see the world in rainbows. Adults see it in black and white, …