Session 4 – Power of Children
Author(s): Scott Douglas Jacobsen
Publication (Outlet/Website): Jennifer Arrington (Unpublished)
Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2016/07/22
You have noted that you have a certain fearlessness. That is, you feel fear, but overcome it. You do have two children. Are these two a motivation for you?
They are. I have a six and nine-year-old. Both girls. They have been a part of this process. I share all of the ups and downs with them in the steps. They were even a part of the process of coming up with some of the ties for Karma Trik.
I love that they get a chance taking someone from nothing, from a piece of fabric on the floor, and turning it into something bigger. I want them to know that they can do that too. I didn’t know that. I never really knew that I could do that. I hope that they will grow up always knowing, knowing inherently, that they can create whatever they want. I am hoping to model that behavior.
I, also, love that it gives me a vehicle to discuss some bigger issues, whether it is about fair trade, how people live in other places and countries, how people are treated, about the environment, and ever since they were little we’ve had really big discussions – scary stuff: slavery, the Holocaust, the environment, the big topics. We have these really long, long talks. I love that this affords us the opportunity to dig deeper when we talk about the world.
You’re at a difficult point in life. Individuals and families have their own difficult periods. How have the children been a force for good in terms of overcoming what were seen previously as obstacles – personal, emotional, and so on?
Kids, the grounding and at the end of the day, no matter what issues – personal or external are happening, coming back to them and being present with them. Whether it is in my conversation or in the basic care of them brings everything back to what is most important in here, they are the most important thing in the world to me.
That is grounding, which is necessary for anyone to be able to fly, do, and give, and be out in the world. Their presence and our relationship, and that grounding nature gives me strength to go out and do what I do.
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