Progression

As my son gets older each passing day, I am ever astounded at the most marvelous things humans possess innately. Take for example the art of crawling. My son now at 8 and a half month old, just learned how to crawl this week. It was a momentous occasion to watch as he reached for his favorite toy (placed just out of reach by yours truly for motivation) and he got up on all fours and crawled to it. This unto itself was not the incredible part, but rather how second nature it all came to him. Once he had done it for the first time, and it looked ever so natural, he began crawling everywhere.

I suppose what interests me the most about this is that he never regressed, never went back to old ways. He simply added this to his arsenal of choices for mobility and now acts as though it was never an issue.

So what is the relevance to us, the adults watching? I pose a question to those reading … those interested in humanity and how we develop as beings in our world. What is it, or when is it that adults forget how to truly progress without reflection? Somewhere along the lines we begin to look backward, considering old methods and ideas, allowing them to enter our minds and potentially cloud judgment. Why is it we are incapable of progress, like children, and only keeping what is good in our lives? Ponder it for a moment, would we all not be better people for leaving old habits that we know are bad behind? Only keeping what is beneficial in our lives?