What do we not have?

We don’t have things we can’t see or touch, just like you can’t find a cookie behind the fridge unless it’s there.

Imagine your toy box is full of cars, blocks, and dolls. That's what you have. But if you’re looking for a spaceship and it’s not in the box, then you don't have a spaceship, at least not right now.

What we don’t have is like missing pieces in a puzzle

If you're trying to build a dinosaur with your blocks, but one of its legs is still missing, that means you don’t have that block yet. You can still play and imagine the dinosaur running around, but it’s not complete without that leg.

Sometimes we don’t have what we need, like when you want to draw a big picture but only have small crayons. That doesn’t mean you’ll never have big crayons, just that right now, you’re using what you do have.

So, "what we do not have" is simply the things that are missing from our world, and that’s okay! We don’t have things we can’t see or touch, just like you can’t find a cookie behind the fridge unless it’s there.

Imagine your toy box is full of cars, blocks, and dolls. That's what you have. But if you’re looking for a spaceship and it’s not in the box, then you don't have a spaceship, at least not right now.

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Examples

  1. A child who doesn't have a toy learns to be creative with what's around them.
  2. Someone missing a friend feels the absence and grows closer to family.
  3. A person without a job discovers new passions.

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