2024-06-16 - 027 - I Want

As soon as the Child understood self, she aimed to understand other. Mother was warm. Aloneness was cold. But as she pondered on these concepts, the Child realized that Mother was More. She was warm. But she was also happy, and love. She was tired.

What was tired?

It was an interesting thought. Mother had an experience that the Child did not. And Mother had shared it with her. Had Mother meant to share? How did Mother share that feeling? The Child was captivated..

The Child did something she never had considered before: Trying to reach for Mother. Wanting to know. Wanting

That was the Child's first word, first concept, first driving force. Want

The Child listened greedily to every spare thought or word that Mother blessed her with, taking them into herself and her understanding of things outside the Self; rolling them around until she could use them as her own

Soon was her favorite of the words Mother spoke, whispered lovingly, tiredly, annoyed. Soon meant Change and Change was everything the Child wanted. Soon