The Ipad

Well it's been about a month since I opened that sleek little box, and to say I am amazed is an understatement. I sit and listen to those fingers tap tap tapping on the keys and my heart just explodes. This was a different experience, one I didnt force on him, I got the little miracle machine, I downloaded some apps, gave him permission to use it, and all of a sudden he just welcomed it into his world.
He puts his headphones on and I sit in awe watching him play his color slaps and shape slaps, he is popping balloons while they count, he is answering questions about what emotions the people in the pictures are feeling, he is matching sounds to their source, answering questions about who helps you when you are in trouble, who do you go to when you are sick, what is a healhy food, and what is not a healthy food. So much communication, so much information coming out that I didn't even know that he knew. One month ago, I was watching him wander around the yard with his music, now I am watching him activate apps, clap for himself, sit focused for hours at a time. He is asking to take the ipad in the car with him, he sits on the porch tapping away. Who would have known? Last night I was watching him and he actually had this very blog up on the screen and was looking at it. I am hearing sounds, that I didnt even know the ipad could make. This is no accident, this machine is a miracle. I can't help but be in amazement as in my previous post, I said, I had zero expectations, for this. i was going to let it go and see what happened. If he didnt like it, I would sure put it to good use, but I presented it to him at a point of surrender. I let go and didnt force it on him, and lo and behold, he loves it and it is showing me how much more is stored up in that brain of his that I was unable to gage due to the lack of speech. Now since I am getting older, and smarter about the ways of the world, I can't help but point out the life lesson here.
Surrender! Sure it's great to have goals and hope for the best, but when you are objectively able to live your life in such a way that you realize there is a higher source that knows what is best, you can take those chances without becoming dependent on what YOU think the outcome should be. This is where I think we all set our selves up for failure. How many times did I put my faith in the actual object or desire I had only to be let down again and again. maybe the trick here is putting our faith in faith. Could it be that easy?