IF YOU COULD SEE ME NOW

BY CECELIA AHERN

Like one of the main char - Ivan, I love children ~ wheeeeeeeeeee


quote from book:


'Children keep you young, though, Elizabeth."
His voice turned serious, his eyes deep and thoughtful. 'My job is to care for children, help them along and just be there for them.'
'You're a care worker?' Elizabeth asked.
Ivan thought about that, 'You could call me a care worker, professional best friend, guide...'
He held out his hands and shrugged. "Children are the ones that know exactly what's going on in the world, you know. They see more than adults, believe in more, are honest and will always, always let you know where you stand.'

Elizabeth nodded along with him. He obviously loved his job - as a father and as a care worker.

'You know, it's interesting,' he leaned forward again, 'children learn much more, far more quickly than adults. Do you know why that is?'

Elizabeth assumed there was some scientific explanation for it but shook her head.

'Because they're open-minded. Because they want to know and they want to learn. Adults, he shook his head sadly, 'think they know it all. They grow up and forget so easily and instead of opening their minds and developing it they choose what to believe and what not to believe. You can't make a choice on things like that: you either believe or you don't. That's why their learning is slower. They are more cynical, they lose faith and they only demand to know things that will help them get by day by day. They've no interest in the extras. But Elizabeth,' he said, his voice a loud whisper, eyes wide and sparkling, and Elizabeth shivered as goose pimples rose on her arms. She felt as if he was sharing the world's greatest secret with her. She moved her head closer. 'It's the EXTRAS that make life.'

'That make life what?' she whispered.

He smiled. 'That make LIFE.'

Elizabeth swallowed the lump in her throat. 'That's it?'

Ivan smiled. 'What do you mean, that's it? How much more can you get than life, how much more can you ask for than life? That's the gift. Life is everything, and you haven't lived it properly until you believe.'

'Believe in what?'

Ivan rolled his eyes and smiled. 'Oh, Elizabeth, you'll figure it out.'



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well well, im still only 1/3 thru the book. But i have a pretty good idea what it is. =D what about you?