My son Lucas is three years old. He’s a moving target to say the least, overflowing with boundless energy and life. Lucas has that rare ability to fully engage in each moment, and bring the full spectrum of human emotion to each discovery he makes. Here we find him wielding a big paintbrush and the finest watercolors with absolutely no reservation (or even clothes for that matter).

Lucas is teaching me what it looks like to live and create without the binding restraints of fear and performance, just pure delight in the process.

I’m reminded of a passage in the Scriptures from the gospel of Matthew where Jesus says, “I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.”

Thanks for teaching your dad what childlike play really looks like, Lucas. You’ve opened a doorway for me to experience that same wonder once again in my own art and life.

You’re the greatest!