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“Your children are not your children.
They are 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 thir 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 make 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 also loves the bow that is stable.”

  • Kahlil Gibran

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I've always liked this message. I had never read it in English. Thank you!
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:) he's marvelous, isn't he.

I stopped to read your post just after I'd been considering what makes a good parent because of another post.

The honesty, authenticity and courage in your writing worked. That's how the magic happens. Nicely done! It's not easy to do this. 👏

I remembered...

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Call me a rebel, but I learned a long time ago that adults aren't always right. They are even quite often right towards their children or others. How often have you heard the expression: I want the best for you and that's why I did this. Or: I know best what is best for you and that is why I am doing this.

True as you said, the selfish nature of a parent or an adult person sometimes has a worse impact on a person, how can he say that he knows everything is best for others, even if it is his own child, while his desires are the opposite of the child's

Absolutely! Selfish nature and unfulfilled desires. Ambitions that are transferred to the child. It's a tradition as old as the world, and it's so rare to find parents who really know what they're doing 😃

Yes, hopefully that doesn't happen with my kids later, I'll give you the freedom to choose what they want, as long as it doesn't break the rules

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I am absolutely sure that holiday has different meaning in the past. Probably not even Christian, but pagan and it had changed its purpose with the centuries. Interesting and sad how the true meaning is probably lost but we keep doing some rituals even without trying to comprehend what's behind them. Probably I am a bit wrong but who knows :)

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I'm happy that no one chimed in with a reprimand under this post. Because that's exactly what I expected to happen. 😃 I suspect that the point of this tradition is the same as that of the religions - instilling in you a sense of guilt to keep you in submission. But I might not be right either.
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I am quite sure it is a complex tradition and probably includes that aspect too.
I am certain it had different meaning when it had been invented...

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