The excitement and the scare
When something is brand new there's an element that's exciting about it, but there's also an element about that new thing that's scary as well.
What made me think of this was my son last night as he went to a new kids program at a local church in our area. He's two and half, but he understood that he was going to a place that his sister had been a few times before and he knew it was similar to the nursery at the church we go to. He knew he would have teachers, but he didn't know exactly what it would be like. He was excited to go. When we talked about it throughout the day he wanted to make sure that he got to go. He asked questions about it.
When we got there there was excitement about getting to go to this new program. But, once we got my son into the room he got scared. He started crying. He wanted me to hold him. What happened? The room wasn't that different from other rooms he had been in before in nursery. But, there wasn't anyone in the room he knew as far as kids or teachers. The room wasn't the same exactly. It was new.
I think this example is pretty representative of what happens when anyone goes through something new. There's part of it that's exciting as we look forward to it, but once we get to that point there's a part of it that's scary or maybe we would say it makes us nervous.
Lastly, after a few minutes my son got comfortable and he enjoyed the program there and when I picked him up he was totally fine. And I think this also is typical as to once we get through the initial scare and nervousness of the new moment we manage to get comfortable with what's new and it's not so scary anymore.
What made me think of this was my son last night as he went to a new kids program at a local church in our area. He's two and half, but he understood that he was going to a place that his sister had been a few times before and he knew it was similar to the nursery at the church we go to. He knew he would have teachers, but he didn't know exactly what it would be like. He was excited to go. When we talked about it throughout the day he wanted to make sure that he got to go. He asked questions about it.
When we got there there was excitement about getting to go to this new program. But, once we got my son into the room he got scared. He started crying. He wanted me to hold him. What happened? The room wasn't that different from other rooms he had been in before in nursery. But, there wasn't anyone in the room he knew as far as kids or teachers. The room wasn't the same exactly. It was new.
I think this example is pretty representative of what happens when anyone goes through something new. There's part of it that's exciting as we look forward to it, but once we get to that point there's a part of it that's scary or maybe we would say it makes us nervous.
Lastly, after a few minutes my son got comfortable and he enjoyed the program there and when I picked him up he was totally fine. And I think this also is typical as to once we get through the initial scare and nervousness of the new moment we manage to get comfortable with what's new and it's not so scary anymore.