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Writer and Musician, Jahnavi Harrison.

Last week when I was in, it was Roald Dahl day and you had that wonderful interview with his great niece Emma. Later I was thinking about how well he understood the world from a child鈥檚 perspective, perhaps, as we鈥檝e heard from his family members, because he never lost his own connection with it. That afternoon I came out of my front door and immediately caught the eyes of one of the little boys playing in the street outside. 鈥楽cuse me is that your car?鈥� He asked from a distance.

听We live on a cul-de-sac, and our house is at the end, in the sac part, so my car was sticking out into the road. 鈥榊es鈥�.鈥� I said, anticipating the next question. 鈥楧o you want me to move it?鈥� By now the other children had pulled up their bikes next to his, maybe in moral support, just in case I said no. 鈥淵eah,鈥� he said with all seriousness. 鈥淚t鈥檚 in our way. Because normally we like to go round and round with our bikes, but we can鈥檛 because it鈥檚 uh鈥�he trailed off and then he gestured, demonstrating with his hands the highly inconvenient shape they had to cycle in to go around my car. I happily obliged, while they all stood on and watched me re-park.

听It brought a huge grin on my face, remembering the times where things like that meant so much to me too. As I continued through the nearby fields, I crunched over fresh horse chestnuts that had plopped from the trees - just prising those glossy conkers out of their cases and hoarding them in my pockets and my bedroom window ledge every autumn - the best! Then, after rain and a cloudburst of sunshine, I saw a triple banded rainbow! I got home feeling really alive and full of inspiration! It seems so easy to lose connection with this child-like sense of wonder and curiosity. In Krishna鈥檚 teachings he says that when we look at the world with freshness, open to learn and discover, there will be a lesson to learn in everyone I meet, and everything I see. I鈥檇 never want to go back to childhood tantrums and learning times tables again, but I hope I can hold onto the curious eyes and open heart, and keep seeing magic all around.

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