What child hasn’t been lulled to sleep or at least comforted by the gentle rhymes of Margaret Wise Brown’s classic Goodnight Moon? There is no doubt that Goodnight Moon has been an important part of so mnay of us and there certainly is absolutely no doubt that it will continue to delight and comfort generations to come.
I recently read Goodnight Moon after a long period of time. Maybe it’s the place I’m in at the current moment in my life at the moment or maybe it’s that quite simply, I’m just older and more experienced, or maybe it’s just some other unknown reason, or no reason at all, but I noticed something peculiarly different when I read Goodnight Moon recently. After I closed the book, I began to wonder and question at what point do we lose the consciousness, the awareness that we are all somehow, someway connected to everyone and everything? Interesting thought indeed.
After pondering this further, I concluded that trying to figure out when we’ve lost sight of that consciousness is really not that important. What really is important is being in touch with that consciousness. Goodnight Moon is an excellent reminder of that consciousness.
