This was posted on Kiki's blog in comments. (The links are at the bottom.) I am sharing this today while my daughter is getting ready to give birth to one of our lovely grandchildren. (update: baby decided he wasn't ready to take on the world.)
Thanks to Molly for posting it at Kiki's.
On Children by Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931)
Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you.
You may give them your love but not your thoughts.
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,
which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite,
and He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far.
Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness;
For even as He loves the arrow that flies,
so He loves also the bow that is stable.
From Molly's comment on Kiki's post
http://kikimatters.blogspot.com/2011/10/violet-sharpens-knife.html
4 comments:
I really love this! It is so beautiful, it should come attached to all babies!
Good luck with that grandbaby! I will be thinking of you and your daughter. How wonderful it must be to stand by her side, loving and supporting her. Hoping for a quick labor and a smooth delivery.
Maybe baby decided to let the anticipation build then make a grand entrance! Babies always know best.
Thanks Sandy, I appreciate your kind words.
mulderfan I think it is a little like the ketchup commercial. "Anticipation is making me wait." :)
I hope everything went (or is going) well. Congratulations on the new addition to your family, Ruth.
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