Page 7 - All India Magazine Jan-2025

Childhood

The child does not worry
The child does not worry about his growth, he simply grows.
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There is a great power in the simple confidence of a child.
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When a child lives in normal conditions, it has a spontaneous con-
fidence that all it needs will be given to it.
This confidence should persist, unshaken, throughout life; but
the limited idea, ignorant and superficial, of its needs which a child
has, must be replaced progressively by a wider, deeper and truer
conception which culminates in the perfect conception of needs
in accordance with the supreme wisdom, until we realise that the
Divine alone knows what our true needs are and rely upon Him for
everything.
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The most important condition is trust, a child-like trust, the can-
did feeling that knows that needed things will come, that there is
no question about it. When the child has need of anything he is
certain that it is coming. This kind of simple trust or reliance is the
most important condition.
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Fear in children
Why do children have fear? Because they are weak.
Physically they are weaker than the grown-ups around them
and, generally, they are also weaker vitally and mentally.
Fear stems from a sense of inferiority.
However, there is a way to be free from it: it is to have faith
in the Divine Grace and to rely on It to protect you in all circum-
stances.
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