Infinite Possibilities
You do not know the true origin of your children.
You call them yours
but they belong to a greater Mystery.
You do not know the name of this Mystery,
but it is the true Mother and Father of your
children.
At birth your children are filled with possibilities.
It is not your job to limit these possibilities.
Do not say, "This and that are possible for you.
These other things are not."
They will discover on their own what is and is not
possible.
It is your hob to help them stay open to the marvelous mystery of life.
*It may be interesting to ask,
"What limitations have I, unthinking,
taken upon myself?"
It is very difficult for your child's horizons to be greater than your own.
Do something today that pushes
against your own preconceptions.
Then take your child's hand
and gently encourage her to do the same.
I was thinking the exact same thing -- "what limitations have I taken upon myself". What a great question. It feels that as I get older, I catch myself limiting my thoughts, but if I push myself in not to, I find all these new opportunities!
ReplyDeleteI'll have to pick up a copy of this book for myself ;)