tuned out.

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*a prize of one of my VBS kids for completing the daily challenge.*
after about a minute of trying to figure out how to play with it, i explained to her that it was a maze. the recipient of the prize said this:
"this is so weird! i don't really like it...it's a maze with no way out!"
so i went up with her to exchange the prize.
hahahaha. :)

something interesting happened today at VBS.
i did something that i haven't done in a while.
i tuned out of the world & focused in on one thing.
today, i tuned in on justin, one of the kids in my kindergarten class.
we were all eating snacks, & he wasn't doing anything.
he wasn't eating, wasn't talking.
he was just sitting there, rubbing his eyes.
i got down to his eye level & asked him if everything was okay.
he didn't respond to me, even after multiple attempts of me trying to find the culprit of his distress.
so i picked him up, sat in his seat, hugged him tight, and held him in my lap as he gave in and rested his head in the crevice between my shoulder and my neck.
for a good 5-10 minutes, i just held him, massaged his back, and stroked his hair as we sat in silence while the other 4-6 year olds laughed, talked, and ate their watermelon.
for those few minutes, everything else disappeared in my mind, all other thoughts and distractions were put away, and all my focus was put into justin.

i remember sitting there thinking,
"wow...nothing else matters right now."

for those few intimate moments, nothing else did.

i was completely content with the world.

it was a peaceful feeling.

i want more of those.