"Parents facing hardship and sorrow
must become like water.
They must embrace
the hardest things of life
and enfold them with their heart.
Death and loss are overcome
with gentleness and serenity.
We all want to protect our children
from the sorrow and loss of life.
We cannot.
But the way we behave
when faced with these things
will give our children all they need
to remain at peace.
Remember water.
Nothing hard can stop it.
What hardships are you facing?
What are your children learning
as they watch you?
Over the past three years or so my family and I have faced more different difficulties together than I would have thought possible for one small group of folks to handle. I am grateful for the hard lessons I learned early on in life that have equipped me to embrace hardships since then if not with ease, then at least with some measure of grace. This also is not easy to maintain, but I never stop trying.
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