My baby is a zen master...

"Think of babies about nine months to a year, crawling about, encountering all kinds of marvels: onecan see the curiosity and wonder on their faces. They're not crawling in order to absorb information, they're not trying to be better babies who can crawl more efficiently; in fact, they're not crawling for any reason. They are simply crawling for sheer enjoyment and curiosity. We need to regain the capacity to feel curiosity about everything in our life, even the disasters...A crawling baby who discovers a measuring cup we have put on the floor is neither happy nor unhappy. Instead of being "happy," the baby is absorbed. It's not ambitous, it's not a good or bad abby; it's simply absorbed int he wonder of what it is seeing."
-Charlotte Joko Beck, From her book, Nothing Special: Living Zen