Building Self-Confidence

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Between a run and another in this wildlife, sometimes a slowdown and a break from everyday life are acceptable. 

These are moments of sharing, reflection and learning, if these are lived in such magnificent nature … they are also timeless.
A family walk on a forest path in the mountain, searching the river source, try to imagine what the whole family can learn in this time spent together.
Out of problems, noise, speed, routine …, what do we learn? Do you think you are going to forget this moment for the rest of your life?

A relaxing atmosphere. Green. Where the sound of the brook and the birds become a symphony. We don't have to hurry, and we can even go back without reaching the goal.
It is us, each with his skills, each with his difficulties.

We can distinguish the sounds of our steps and can slow down and breathe regularly.

Yes, because we are tireless if we simply stroll. Step by step. Without getting worried. We can observe the stream's waterfalls and realize that it flows slowly and, in another point, it flows very fast despite being the same stream.
We observe the flowers and how insects suck nectar.

Did you notice which trees grow in this forest? We are high up, we are at 1600 mt above the sea, and these trees grow right here. Which colours are the trees? What shape do they have? What a fragrance? There are giants and little ones.
Flowers, never seen before. Discover that they are Italian, rare and protected orchids. The "yellow shoe orchid" looks like the title of a children's story.

Getting to a source in the mountains is not easy, especially for children. 

Usually, they are in high places, ramshackle and uncomfortable paths, but this gives the concrete idea that beauty is a hard, tiring and difficult conquest. 

It is not enough to wear a beautiful dress, beauty must be sought in the depths of the eyes, and quick glances do not see it.

As we walk, we become more deeply conscious of each other. Even if we are a very close family, there is always something to discover in the other. Some prefer to stay in the warm sun and hurry to take shelter under the forest's foliage. Others like the dirt path, a path that hides a step-stool between the roots. Some observe the flowers, some are afraid of insects, and some are simply afraid but take courage. They take courage because their family stops, awaiting for their courage, giving a hand.

Shortly after walking, the sense of freedom comes down, and the dialogue becomes more open and more profound. Memories, dreams, secrets, jokes, fears, weaknesses of adults and children come out, and hands held tighter.
Maybe we see how small and inexperienced but very strong our children are and we give them more confidence, we throw away expectations, we learn to slow down, allowing them a more relaxed and serene growth.

Does it make sense to quickly drag one generation after another to hurry to get to the end?

In the last climb of the route, the water disappears.
We don't even hear the noise for a while.
Then the sticky stepped soil becomes a long bed of white stones.
A sound of water comes back, we don't see it, but we know it's there.
So there is not only what we see!

Finally, we arrive at the source, freer, lighter, more cheerful, and why not, even with a little less fat.
Sit and catch your breath, enjoy your satisfaction.
You are building self-confidence!

Observe the water that rises from the rocks:
"It comes down from that snow up there (glacier) passing into the rock".
Observe it for what it is, thus accentuating it without reason, loving it immediately!

Despite tiredness this time we run, we take out the cards in English with the flowers and insects' names to recognize them, learn words, and play explorers. 

I wonder what can give so much energy to children, who seem exhausted from the tiredness of this hike?
I answer energy and desire come out from this satisfaction, from the joy of success, from the discovery's learning, from non-judgment, from the pleasure of a positive relationship, from the clean surrounding environment.