Cotton Balls and Dishes

         When did life get so hard? Where did the simplicity go? Simplicity like cotton balls (aka pom pom balls) and dishes. Trying to figure out how and what colors go where and together is the game. I asked the teacher that was working with me those two questions at the top. She responded with "when iPads entered the world." Sadly, that's true.
           They might not be able to match the colors like they are suppose to. That's okay though. Some children just have fun putting them in and getting them out. The simple and easiest way. It was so neat to see that. It calmed 3 of the wildest children down. Amazing how that happens! To make a point between USA children and international children, these two children I am talking about were international children.
             The children were running around until I got them out. Then, they sat down at the table and started playing with them. They played with them for about 15 minutes. This is how I see the two things that the children were playing with and relating them to life. The cotton balls are life's problems and the bowls and cups are the bigger picture of life.
              Sometimes we get so caught up on the cotton balls and matching them in the right colored bowls that we get so stressed in life. We should do what these 2 children did. We should not worry about life's problems and just live life. We should look at the bigger picture instead of the little cotton balls. When we make it a bigger focus that is easy but when we have to get everything right on our own, then we might as well forget about having fun in life.
             Yes, things will get messed up and in different colored bowls but that is when we pick stay in that bowl for a little bit, learn the lesson God has for us there, and then get back up again and try to do it God's Way. He knows what is best for us anyways. But just has those children learning their colors, we need to learn how to deal with certain situations in life. When we get in the same situation later on down the road, then we will know what to do and how to react to it.
               When you look at the little things like cotton balls and dishes and think about the bigger picture, it is kind of fun because it makes life more interesting. Right? You can tell that I am a child at heart if something like that teaches me an adult lesson.