the awe-inspiring state of the child
"Kids are open and have no baggage. They don't know how things are supposed to work. They just see what is. This openness allows for purer forms of creativity."
if you approach small children without an agenda, if you can match the openness of their minds, you too are open.
John Tarrant • Bring Me the Rhinoceros: And Other Zen Koans That Will Save Your Life
The beauty of a child is that she does not (yet) try to be someone she is not.
Jack Cohen • Sarah
“Spend your time in the company of geniuses, sages, children, and books.” —Naval Ravikant
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…and nature
Remember, your children are not truly yours - they are life's gift, only passing through you.
Yoshio Goto • On Children
in the same way you are a vehicle for ideas, you are a vehicle for kids.
A child lives much of the time in his natural state and that is why he is quite contented. - Baba Muktananda