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A Pedagogy of Small Steps
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Small steps and time. These are for sure the most elementary commodity to learning and becoming. And to most other things in life as well. Like building a relationship. With small steps. And a wee bit of time passing. Like reading a book. In small steps and time. Study. Getting through the table of elements. Remembering the shapes and names of the plants and trees I meet in the morning when I walk the jungle path leading from my house to the railway station. Getting acquainted with the call of the birds. Discerning bulbul from sunbird. It all comes in small steps, and we need for some time to add taste to the brew.
Small steps and time. Hearing the sound of a barefooted child in the wet morning grass, swiftly moving across a daisy-strewn meadow, unseen at yonder side of the solid hawthorn hedge. Getting acquainted with the signs of the sky, when the color of grey appears from behind the hill of Timah, briskly turning to black and towering cumulonimbi, rambunctious and foreboding. For sure it takes small steps and time to understand the patterns of life. It’s good that the pleasure of it is the going.
Here are a few of the small steps marking my life and my work:
✔ Raindrops on roses…
