“Welcome to my house!” The little boy pulls aside a low hanging branch and gestures into the shadow of an old growth cedar tree.
“What a lovely home!” I look around the imaginary room: the evergreen walls, the mossy drapes, the soft carpet of aromatic brown needles. The boy grins.
“And that’s your house over there!” He points to another tree, and then to a fallen limb. “And this is your thinking bench.”
“My thinking bench?”
“Yes. When you want to think about things, you can come out here and sit on this bench.” I sit on the limb and marvel at this three-year-old’s creativity, and it occurs to me that every home could likely benefit from a thinking bench. See? It’s got me thinking already.
roughhewn cedar bench
space to breathe unfinished thoughts
warm breeze stirs the mind
What Rhymes with Stanza? 
I think I will go out in my garden to find myself a thinking branch… I am unsure how good the trees in my garden is for climbing.
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I hope you find a good one.
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Beautiful!
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thank you
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I like the thought of needing a thinking bench.
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It would definitely come in handy these days.
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Love this! It reminds me of childhood, making dens in and under trees. And I would love a thinking bench under our willow – my ‘space to breathe unfinished thoughts’.
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I had such places as a child, also. But none of those had a thinking bench. I’m grateful my grandson thought to add one for me.
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Hooray for grandsons!
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what a wonderful idea of a thinking bench indeed.
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Isn’t it? We should all have one.
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What a magical dialogue between you and a small, wise boy, who may be in disguise, but is, at minimum, very observant.
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That he is!
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🙂
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I love his imagination as it does spur creativity.
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It really does. I enjoy my time spent in his world.
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Wonderful to play and imagine with a child! Reminds me of how Winnie the Pooh would sit and think, think, think…
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I learn a lot from my encounters with my grandkids. They always make me think, bench or no bench.
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🙂
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Oh, I do like the idea of a thinking bench. I have one outside that is made from a fallen tree that I sit on and drum.
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It has made me see my own bench in a new light.
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wonderful! so creative.
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Thank you.
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Ah, young minds! Wonderful!
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They keep me young (er) too. 😀
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The wonderful ideas we can learn from the small ones when we listen. Thanks for the post.
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You’re welcome. I learn something every time I am with them.
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Wonderful! 🙂
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