Living a Life in Service - 6 Year Old @qiqi-power Shows Us the Way!

Some of my best days are spent with children.
They tend to be the most loving, forgiving, conscious,
excited, inspired, and **alive** beings.

At the @gardenofeden, I get to play with them everyday,
and I am blessed they also like to play with me!

Today I'll share with you just one of the days I spent with @qiqi-power,
daughter of @quinneaker and @truelovelives.

QiQi is now 6 years old, has her own Steemit account,
has sung in Steemit Open Mic,
jumped off of cliffs for Steemit's Got Talent,
made her first Dlive video,
participated in the Steemit Promotion Collaboration Video,
and has made her first and second entries already to the Artists In Bloom initiative.  
And that's only the beginning.  Visit her blog and you'll see what I mean!

QiQi outshines all of us adults in her joyous engagement in the community.
She is a helper through and through, and LOVES doing EVERYTHING!
She is also incredibly competent, so when she does something,
you know she is going to do it well.

We started our day off with a fresh fruit platter,
which @qiqi-power  helped to select, peel, cut,  and arrange.

We ate it together in the fresh air out on the trampoline in the morning sun.

Delicious and beautiful all at the same time, right?

She was excited to help me start my day, and help others by doing things that benefit us all.

She noticed that the trash needed to go out, so she just grabbed it on her way by.

She also helped to take care of the recycling, reuseables, compost and feeding the chickens.

We potted a couple of plants that outgrew their pots.

We moved the aloe from it's safe winter haven in the garage out into the sun to get fresh air.

And then we watered them all with water from the well.

QiQi is aware of when the plants need to be watered,
how much water they take and how often.
She knows that well water or rain
is better for them than chemically treated city water,
and was very happy to gather the buckets,
fill them with well water, find a couple of scoops for pouring,
all the while singing a little tune and giggling along the way.

Though QiQi is very joyous, she is also very focused.  
She doesn't skip a beat, get distracted,
or wander off when there are other things to pull her attention away.

We spent time together in the garden watering the comfrey.

And gave some to the blackberries and mint too along the way.

She also took care of her little brother when he was in need.
She made a snack for her siblings.
She organized some toys.
And closed the chickens in for the night and collected their eggs.

@qiqi-power and I were blessed to spend the entire day together
nurturing ourselves,
nurturing the land,
and contributing value to others in the community.

A six year old who spends her day in service to others already,
is really a high vibe being.
She already knows the value of creating a life
based on health, love, and passion.
She is conscious, responsible and incredibly giving.

If you ever ask QiQi to help you with something,
she'll always ecstatically say yes.
And even if you don't ask, she sees when you need help
and is there to help you anyway.


This is what happens when a child is raised as a responsible being...
When they are talked to like an adult
instead of being babied or treated as incapable..
And when they are loved and nurtured and shown that anything is possible.

@quinneaker really holds incredible space for his children
(and for everyone in the @gardenofeden community for that matter!)
He truly honors their divinity,
and helps them live true to their values by living in honor of his own.
Quinn is writing blogs about parenting.
Even if you aren't a parent, there is so much to gain from his perspective.
If we were all treated as children the way he treats his children
the world would, without a doubt, be a whole other world!!

@qiqi-power IS the power!!!
Take a visit to her blog (or her little sister @noki-power's blog),
and get a bigger taste of what it's like to be growing up in freedom.