Comments on: A Childlike Mind

By: Anger and Fear : Defending People

Anger and Fear : Defending People — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:47:51 +0000

[...] Jon is talking about mindfulness — “living in the moment,” he calls it, with “the fearlessness of a child filled with wonder.” (See also my post about practicing law with a childlike mind.) [...]

By: student

student — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:21:00 +0000

I believe, having had considerable exposure to a rather childlike judge, that there is some merit in the notion, but I have also come to believe that the nature of the law and politics and judges makes it very difficult to be creative without pissing people off. How often would a wise and creative judge’s rulings be overturned by smaller minded judges sitting above him?

By: Mark Bennett

Mark Bennett — Wed, 09 May 2007 18:48:00 +0000

Thanks, Judge.

I may be wrong about a childlike mind not being necessary to being a judge. It may just be that we don’t have enough exposure to imaginative, flexible, playful judging to recognize how superior it is to the other sort.

By: Judge Larry Standley

Judge Larry Standley — Thu, 03 May 2007 05:21:00 +0000

" The Child Within "
(By: Judge Larry Standley 2006 (C))

From small hearty seed, to robust oak;

From long sharp splinter to speck of dust;

From Spring to Summer, and Summer's Fall;

A Mighty Child dwells within us all;
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Even us Judges can be childlike at times...