“The men where you live, said the little prince, “raise five thousand roses in the same garden—-and they do not find in it what they are looking for.”
“They do not find it. “ I replied.
“And yet what they are looking for could be found in one single rose, or in a little water.”
“Yes that is is true “ I said.
“But the eyes are blind. One must look with the heart.”
The Little Prince
During my Statistics course in graduate school I was assigned a paper to write about “The Little Prince“ by Antoine De Saint Exupery. It was a brilliant assignment for a person earning a Master's in Counseling Psychology. All the quantification in research statitistics, and the conclusions should contribute to Life Quality. This was to be my goal as a therapist: Help people live the most meaningful way they could. I had always loved the book with seeming childlike simplicity viewed through the eyes of a child from a distant asteroid.
This is still one of my favorite books. So my Petit Prince mobile suspends below a skylight in my home. I look past it at the sky, see clouds, rain, snow, stars and always know we are just floating in a vast universe on a tiny planet. Our Earth is full of beings concerned with ”matters of consequence. And one must look with the heart.
Note: My wonderful grandson, Max, has gifted me with several versions of this book. Other than the mobile in the top photo, the photos here are from the pop-up version.
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