The State of Being

     The state of being is my favorite term for those moments when there are no words but everything is being communicated.
     I think I first realized this some years ago when I was still new in the field of early education. I knew absolutely nothing about how why children did things, but I had something that went beyond knowledge, it was love. Children sense those things, they know when you love them.
     There was one particular child who would wake up from nap before all the others. I would sit and hold her, just hold her. No words were necessary. Later on I would take a job at another agency. It was very difficult leaving the little ones I had cared for. My supervisor told me that after I left this little girl that I held every day piped up one day and said, "We miss Juanita and she misses us."
     Children are so honest in their feelings, there is no pretension, they say exactly what they think. I think that is why I love being with them. There is nothing like it. When they like you, they like you. I went back to visit some children one time when I had moved on to another job, one of the little girls ran up and jumped in my arms, she placed each of her little hands on my face, looked at me ad said, "Oh Juanita, I missed you so much, I didn't know how much I missed you till I saw you."
     We are much like children. There is a craving in the human heart to know that we are loved. I can tell you with all certainty that you are loved. I have felt love cradle me and within that cradle peace abides in my soul. All need ceases to exist because it has been fulfilled in love. Love fills my heart so much that I feel like it is a fountain welling up in my soul and pouring forth. I am being held, just held within love. No words are necessary, I am in the state of being.
    I want to conclude my blog with a link to a song by Alison Krauss, When You Say Nothing At All. I love these words, you say it best when you say nothing at all.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SCOimBo5tg&ob=av2e