6 Things Differently-Abled Kids Made Me See

You're reading 6 Things Differently-Abled Kids Made Me See, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you're enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles. As a 19-year-old, I was advised to take up volunteering in order to beat clinical depression. A month into my year-long association with an organization for visually-challenged children, I had a differently-abled four-year old come up to me after my session with them, throw her tiny arms around my neck, and whisper 'I love you' into my ears. All because she'd loved the song I'd taught them that day. No one had ever said those three magic words to me in those 19 years. Not even my boyfriend of three months. It changed me as a person, opening my heart and healing my wounds. I've been associated with differently-abled kids in many ways over the years, and each moment spent with these tots has taught me something profound about life. When I first began engaging with these kids, I'd often return feeling exhausted and frustrated (kids can be unmanageable, right?), and every time I'd vow never to go back. But the next weekend would arrive and the thought of spending some time away from my mad life would drive me back to those children. Today when I look back, I feel glad that I kept going back, because without these special kids, I'd never learn some basic truths about life that we grown-ups seem to forget. It takes very little to be happy Grownups have high expectations f...
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