iva learns to fly: The Penguin and the Toy Car

Wednesday, January 1, 2020

The Penguin and the Toy Car

In this image you will see, unless you are visually-impaired and therefore listening to this description, a cute grey baby penguin playing with its favorite toy car, which is red. There are two less-favorite vehicles still in the toybox.

Oh no! The baby penguin's favorite toy car is now broken --hopefully through no fault of its own-- and the little penguin is crying huge tears. It's very upset, sad, mad, frustrated, and every other feeling you might be expressing if your favorite toy got broken.

But what's this? A parent penguin is offering the little penguin an unbroken red toy car, identical to the penguin's favorite car! The little penguin's eyes are wide with astonishment, tears still standing on its cheeks.

Now the little penguin, with a single tear falling from its eye, is hugging the new red toy car. The penguin isn't sure how it feels about this just yet. Its heart still feels broken about the broken toy, but here is a toy that looks just like it. The penguin is feeling conflicting feelings. Penguin hearts take time to heal before they can be fully happy again. They must sort through their feelings of sadness and figure out what they feel.

The penguin now accepts the new toy car, and kisses it, with a tear fading on its cheek. Toy cars are easier to replace than hearts. It's a good thing that baby penguins also have very short memory-spans, so a broken toy is more quickly forgotten than a broken heart.

In our final frame, the little penguin is happy again, loving and playing with its favorite red toy car, but it has taken the other two vehicles from the toybox to play with as well.

Toys can be like hearts sometimes.
Especially when your favorite one gets broken.

Wise people tell us to be thankful that all of them aren't broken, tsk.
But it's hard to do — especially with hearts.

What a baby penguin wants is the original toy magically repaired, without any defects or visible signs of repair.

But sometimes, your favorite toy can be replaced.

Hearts are a different story — they require mending.
This takes time and feeling feelings.

Unless it's a physical heart — those can sometimes be replaced.

In time, you will love your new toy.

And your heart will mend.

The little red toy car with a heart above it, and iva's name on it. Just a little element to let you know that you are loved. Also, just for reference, iva would like you to know that her name is pronounced eeeee-va.

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