How very young children adapt and "get on with life"

I am amazed at how adaptable very young children are.

J doesn't seem to view his new cast as anything that would stop him - he just gets on with what he wants to do and on the whole it's as if he isn't wearing the cast at all.

Yesterday he wanted to pick daisies. I would term that as "difficult" for J at the moment because he can't just bend over as he could without the cast. But he didn't hesitate when I said about picking them, he just carefully moved his legs further apart, very carefully bent his legs and moved his body forward (he's learning how to deal with the extra weight and knows he would topple if he were too quick) then reached out with his hand. I'll try and video it next time.

Adults might complain and moan and we would wonder when we'd be able to do things how we used to be able to. None of which would help.

On the odd occasion when he has toppled over or has got stuck on the floor, he has squawked for me to help, but once he's up again that's the end of the matter.

I'm torn as to whether to draw a lesson from that for us or whether to simply make it an observation for now. There is an argument that we can be *too* stoical when things are hard - but perhaps it's "living in the moment" where children are our best teachers.