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Steadfastness and Gratitude: Finding a Balance between Strong Centredness and Deep Connectedness
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A contribution by Clara Aerts and Li Zhang
Clara Aerts and Li Zhang advocate steadfastness and gratitude as attitudes. Steadfastness means faithfully carrying out decisions out of love for the deed – like the sun or the rhythm of the heart – without waiting for results. Daily kindergarten work, stories, reviews and shared decisions need this perseverance, as do pauses and reflection. Gratitude opens us up like bamboo: becoming empty, seeing the light in everyday life, accepting difficulties too as a chance to learn.
A contribution by Clara Aerts and Li Zhang to the World Conference “Kindergarten and Early Childhood” in April 2026 at the Goetheanum.
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Publication: 18 September 2026
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CAClara Aerts
All videosLZLi Zhang
All videosProduction · Section at the GoetheanumPedagogical SectionAll videosgoetheanum-paedagogik.ch
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- Series
- Goodness – Strength – Love · Seeds for a Healthy Unfolding, Episode 7 of 10
- Section
- Pedagogy
- Language
- English, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese · Subtitles: Arabic, German, English, French, Russian, Chinese
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