January 16th 2008

young philosopher

young philosopher


Yesterday I was talking with my nephew who is 8 years old lives abroad. Suddenly I asked him a question what is life? It’s not a usual question for such age and he even didn’t understand the question. Then I tried to explain him the question and he told me that he doesn’t know the answer. I told him life is when you feel happy you smile and when you feel sorrow you cry. He just shook his head. Then I asked him when do you feel happy? he started counting his finger and answered me without any hesitation:

1. when I do something good

2. when I come to my home and talk

3. when someone play with me

4. when I am near to a sea

: when do you feel sorrow?

1. if someone beat me

2. if someone kick me

3. if someone tell me a bad thing

4. find myself in a bad place

5. find myself in a war


I don’t know when children start building their own views. Sometime their thinking is even better than the adult.

posted by nazim at 3:25 PM

categories: around me, family

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