1) When babies are sleepy, they cry. And every time my son cries because he is sleepy, I think: “Leone, why are you crying? If you are sleepy, why don’t you just sleep? The more you cry, the more you get tired.” That may seem banal, but it’s not. Because ever since I realized it, I also realized how many times when faced with a problem (from not being able to sleep to having a creative block), I myself am prone to complicating everything (instead of choosing the easiest way) and therefore I end up having a bigger problem to solve than the one I had at the beginning.
2) Thumb-sucking is not instantaneous. It took more than two months for my son to learn it, and yet it seems so easy to me. What does it take to put your thumb in your mouth? It takes more time to write it than to do it. But in reality it is not like that. My son didn’t teach me how to suck my thumb, but he taught me that everything takes its time and that if you have the right time, you can learn everything.
3) The light can be marvelous. And not just the light. Even the shape of a window can be marvelous. Or black and white colors that alternate on a chessboard. Or the shadow of a tree on the kitchen table. They all seem banal to me, but not for my son. Seen through his eyes, everything contains within itself the marvel. And now, staring at him, I can see it too.