一转眼孩子就大了

小孩子长大得真快。

儿子小时候，带他猜灯谜，通常要给他暗示、引导他，前两天带他去‘春到河畔’灯谜射虎台，他已经可以自己猜到了。

女儿才刚两岁，以前看照片，只懂得说里面的人物是谁，现在已经会加上其他评语。例如一张在酒店里拍的，她说：＂柔柔，在床上，看电视＂，还有一张旧照片，居然跟我们说那是她＂小时候＂，不禁莞尔。

他是谁？

一般人对陌生人也许比对待家人客气，可是在马路上却通常不是这样。驾车的人，可能多少碰过，令自己或对方感到烦躁、愤怒、看不顺眼的情况。如果那个我们认为乱过马路的行人、危险驾驶的人、没礼貌的人、没公德心的人，刚好是我们的家人、亲戚或朋友，我们是不是会多点包容？多点耐心？多点礼让？用这样的心态驾车，果然平和了许多。

Found this draft written by me on 2008 Aug 7, for my "teach-my-child" blog. Couldn't help chuckling. It's true. Once we pass the age of 40 (or perhaps 10, 20, 30, 50, 70 too?), we slowly evolve. The caterpillar turning into a butterfly, then lay eggs, hatch into caterpillars, evolve into butterflies again, and again. Life is amazing. My current stage? At ease, at peace. Most of the time. Especially when asleep ;-)

Well, here's the "masterpiece" which I didn't complete & don't intend to now. It's a snapshot of my thoughts at that point in time.

Title: Why I Want To Teach My Child

The reasons are obvious.

Main reason being a love for this child & a responsibility to nurture him into an upright person who will not only survive in this world, but able to make contributions to it as well.

And not only for him to enjoy harmonious relationships with his family, but also to be able to interact with his elders & peers, relatives & friends, and be in harmony with this world, whether himself, other humans or nature.

In short, I want to provide him with the opportunity & means to do the above, so that he can live an honorable & memorable life.

Next comes the question of what I should teach him, and how to go about doing it.