Don't Ever Out Grow The Little Things!!!

This poem hung on a plaque in my Nanny's bathroom for many years, I read it EVERY TIME I visited.!!!

I have always been and always will be a kid at heart. I stop at least once a day and think about either these little things or others that are quite similar. I also find my 19 month old son stopping to pick up a pretty rock or actually stopping to smell the roses. ( I cried a little the first time he did it, it was so random,lol) But we all need to be more aware of the beauty that surrounds us EVERY SINGLE DAY. The sound of birds chirping, the smell of the newly bloomed lilacs, catipillers crawling in the grass, or maybe an afternoon of cloud watching followed by a beautiful sunset!!!!!

Don't Ever out grow the little things

The world just gives away

The free fresh air and sunshine

And the games the robins play
Don't ever out grow the magic

Of a puddle in the rain

The splash one little puddle makes

The joy rainbows contain
Don't ever out grow the shady trees

With shadows twice their size

And the wonder of a perfect moon

That captivates your eye
Don't ever out grow the tender heart

That loves the things is sees

And clings to all the is beautiful

In treasured memories

***Author, unknown***