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Sunday, October 24, 2010
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"We don't have an eternity to realize our dreams, only the time we are here."
.... Susan Taylor
I remember when, as a little girl she would cry, telling me she never wanted to leave home. Even when I would tell her that one day she’d grow up and have her own life, she would stubbornly tell me that she was always going to stay with me.
Although I taught her to be strong, I never thought that she’d be the one to walk away. And that has delivered the hardest blow.
I have three wonderful children -- three brilliant masterpieces for whom I cannot claim responsibility. But children are never to be seen as extensions of ourselves. That can lead to such sorrow. Rather, as the great Kahlil Gibran said when asked:
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 archers 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 loves the bow that is stable.
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bff I am SO SORRY for your pain. I cannot imagine ... but it is clear.
Beautiful poignant post. Having raised six children (my youngest is 21) I can certainly relate to this post. so glad to have found your blog.
Johnina :^A
This Poem always stuck with me as it helped me understand raising children is simlpy a part of the whole that is our life.
The current year is 2020, it is January 26 and I just found this weblink many years after your passing, Fyrewolf. I remember you and Diarnothe used to do your readings at Doug's Psychicweb. I was extremely sad when I heard about your untimely death but finding your wonderful written words through this site is proof that our spirits live on. I have been a single mother for many years and through your writing, I will now gather the courage to let my only child go... it is as painful as you have described. I must be brave and through your skilled guidance, I shall persevere and learn to let go and go on...
January 25, 2020 at 10:37 AM Delete