This quote by Anita Rui Olds came from Exchange Everyday today, and I thought it reflected what our staff discussed at our last meeting, about how we plan for the children in our care:
Children are miracles
Believing that every child is a miracle can transform the way we design for children’s care.
When we invite a miracle into our lives we prepare ourselves and the environment around us.
We may set out flowers or special offerings.
We may cleanse ourselves, the space, or our thoughts of everything but the love inside us.
We make it our job to create, with reverence and gratitude, a space that is worthy of a miracle!
Action follows thought.
We can choose to change.
We can choose to design spaces for miracles, not minimums.