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Unless You Become Like Little Children or a Frog

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                                                                 Art by Yun Yi Children are delightful because they are not self-conscious and they really don’t worry too much about their appearance. Little people are too busy exploring the world and having fun just being themselves.   Thomas Merton , a  Trappist Monk ,  once wrote that frogs and trees are holy because they simply are who they are called to be b y  God ,  without masks or false personas. Little children are also simply who they are. . Christ explains this concept in the Gospels. ◄   Matthew 18:3   ► And he said: "Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven." An amusing story illustrates this insight into children. ...