There is one and only one thing that a child ever wants - whether her parents are Muslim, Christian, Hindu, Jewish or whatever organized religion they may belong to (I almost wrote "whether the child is Muslim... etc." but immediately realized my grave error, for children are religionless spiritual beings).
Whether the child lives in Jamaica or Jordan, Albania or Afghanistan, Uganda or US of A...Whether she has everything at her disposal or she herself is quickly disposed of...Whether she has black skin or white or brown..And that single most important thing is: Play.
Not the Google Play that most of us now recognize but the joyful twinkle of movement, the spontaneous rhythm of dance, the natural spring of song, the uninhibited crackle of laughter.. that so completely and naturally defines and envelopes a child.
And what does the so called civilized adult world do? Do everything in its power to take away the *play* from the child and, by the time she grows up, turn her into yet another robot, yet another junkie, or just another gloomy, stupid, moronic idiot!
Whether the child lives in Jamaica or Jordan, Albania or Afghanistan, Uganda or US of A...Whether she has everything at her disposal or she herself is quickly disposed of...Whether she has black skin or white or brown..And that single most important thing is: Play.
Not the Google Play that most of us now recognize but the joyful twinkle of movement, the spontaneous rhythm of dance, the natural spring of song, the uninhibited crackle of laughter.. that so completely and naturally defines and envelopes a child.
And what does the so called civilized adult world do? Do everything in its power to take away the *play* from the child and, by the time she grows up, turn her into yet another robot, yet another junkie, or just another gloomy, stupid, moronic idiot!
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