the magic of circles

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let us be grateful

to people who make us HAPPY

they are the charming

gardeners 

who make our SOULS blossom .

Marcel Proust

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when I was young

I loved to read and

I loved to draw

I loved PAPER and it's magic

when nothing was there and

everything was possible.

being a child there was a  while

when I believed

all was possible

because there were not yet 

experiences of "making mistakes"

when children make drawings

most people will love the drawings and

give complements 

and are grateful .

there is something magical

in the drawings of young children

something with the colors they use

the space they use on the paper

when I was young I had crayons

and that was it .

I always always draw HOUSES

I loved to make houses .

first houses without walls 

where you could see the inside

than closed houses with friendly windows

and always a door with an opening

for the mail !

and later I draw my own blueprints

and floorplans .

always imagening the house .....

when I got older 

very soon we had to learn to adjust 

to draw how the teacher told us to do .

in my time there was NO room for 

creativity in drawing at school .

it was all 

class-teaching and there was no room

for individuals

to servive it was best to fit in

to fit in and be good , better , best .

that's how it was .

I stopped drawing .

when I became a kindergarten teacher 

I loved the drawings all over again 

and than I came into contact with

WALDORF-education 

waldorf-school

and knew this would be my 'home'.

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I started this post about

people who make you happy .

I guess for me it's been about children

they make me happy 

the children in my classes

my own four children

and 

now 

there is my grandchild ......

and

of course I found

wonderful people on my way

who made and make me happy

charming gardeners 

who make my soul happy.

it's not easy to find the words

to describe where I am in my life

but 

let's say 

I know about the house

and it's time to work the garden

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