Children are watching us

In Ghana, (as well as many countries in the developing world), head-carrying is very common. 

Adults and children use their heads as a means of transport.

One day, I saw my friend head-carrying. 

This precious little girl carrying an empty bowl on her head. 

Unlike most people head-carrying, she wasn’t working, instead she was playing. 

Laughing, jumping, and dancing as she carried this bowl on her head. 

No one told her to do it. 

She just did it. 

Throughout her entire life she’s seen countless individuals using their heads to carry things.

Mom, grandma, aunts, uncles, cousins, family friends, and strangers.  

And so, she just did it. 

Just like them. 

Somehow knowing she was a part of something. 

Something bigger than herself. 

Looking in the eyes of this precious little girl I thought about our lives as givers.

I thought about how much generosity we’ve learned (or not learned) from the people around us.

From what we’ve seen with our own eyes. 

And I thought about how much we can teach those around us. 

Not by telling..

simply, by doing. 

I thought about how much fun we can make generosity. 

Laughing, jumping, and dancing as we get to be a part of something. 

Something bigger than us. 

We don’t have to tell them. 

They are watching us.

And they will do what we do. 

So what are we giving them to carry?