We all have bellybuttons
My daughter has recently taken to noticing different body parts.
She's become rather adept at pointing them out, and even is able to name them in toddlerspeak, which oddly enough I'm able to understand. She can say the syllable "Ba" and depending on the inflection, I know that she means Bottle, Bag, Bear, Baby, or Button. She loves to press the buttons for the automatic doors at restaurants and malls... and imagine her thrill to discover that she has a button in the midst of her belly.
Not only that, she's noticed that not only does she have a button in the midst of her belly, but so does Mommy and so does Daddy.
In fact, everybody has a bellybutton.
Talk about a profound theological revelation from a 21 month old. It is perhaps the one physical attribute that every human being on the planet has. No matter who you are or where you come from or what your Spirituality, you were born with a bellybutton. Even Jesus had a bellybutton! Maybe it's a reminder for us to concentrate on those things that unite us, rather than our natural tendency to separate ourselves from one another. Maybe we need to remember that those people have bellybuttons too!
I'm curious to see what Megan comes up with next...
She's become rather adept at pointing them out, and even is able to name them in toddlerspeak, which oddly enough I'm able to understand. She can say the syllable "Ba" and depending on the inflection, I know that she means Bottle, Bag, Bear, Baby, or Button. She loves to press the buttons for the automatic doors at restaurants and malls... and imagine her thrill to discover that she has a button in the midst of her belly.
Not only that, she's noticed that not only does she have a button in the midst of her belly, but so does Mommy and so does Daddy.
In fact, everybody has a bellybutton.
Talk about a profound theological revelation from a 21 month old. It is perhaps the one physical attribute that every human being on the planet has. No matter who you are or where you come from or what your Spirituality, you were born with a bellybutton. Even Jesus had a bellybutton! Maybe it's a reminder for us to concentrate on those things that unite us, rather than our natural tendency to separate ourselves from one another. Maybe we need to remember that those people have bellybuttons too!
I'm curious to see what Megan comes up with next...
posted by John Crowdis at 10:52 a.m.
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