CHILDREN
Your children
are not your children, but the sons
and daughters of Life yearning for itself. They come to you but not from you. And whilst they may be with you, they do
not belong to you.
You must give
them your love, but not your thoughts for they have their own thoughts. You
must house them bodily, but not their souls. For their souls live in the house
of tomorrow and that is somewhere you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You must strive to be like them but never to try to make them like you, for
Life goes ever forward and rarely if ever looks at yesterday.
You are the bow
from which the arrow of tomorrow is shot; an archer sees his mark in the
infinite and aims that his arrow goes far and accurately – that is what we must
do. Bend your bow with gladness; send your arrows with speed, grace and desire.
I can say no
better than this:
‘children can often be a curse,
but the lack of them is far, far worse’
Until next time,
Peripatetic
Scribe
Another great one, P.S. All you have written is so true, certainly to me and the majority of my/our age group. I intend to give this to my class as I want to not only get their impressions on the content, but also to seek their views (as children) on children - a sort of reverse perspective.
ReplyDeleteMark NZ
Thanks, Mark. Yes, the idea of getting children to consider "children" is an interesting one. I would be more than interested in their reactions. Let me know.
ReplyDeleteA beautiful blog post, P.S. and expressing profound truths. Sadly, many parents are not aware of them. I believe I am on the right path, perhaps also due to the fact that I am enjoying late motherhood, so I have had plenty of time and experience in my life to grasp them. I hope I will have the wisdom and strength to pursue this path till the end.
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Lucana
A fine blog. I think the older we get, the less we remember that we, too, were once children. I also would be interested in the comment made by Mark - how do they see themselves and their place in the grand scheme?
ReplyDeleteHans, Bremen
Hans, thank you. I agree with your comment about age and remembrance. I am hoping Mark comes up with some interesting views, so keep reading.
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