“God designed and created you, and then gifted you to the world. You are a beautiful, glorious child of God.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“Young children are amazing mentors to experience present moment mindfulness. Follow their exploration and they will reveal the treasures and pleasures of mindfulness.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“...children put a strain on marriage while simultaneously keeping it together.”
Source: The Wrong Family
“Of course, the way our parents are with us is due to the poor mentorship they received from their parents.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“When we learn to seek validation from our parents and the outside world, it is easy to fall for the idea that if we just fit in, look good enough for others, or achieve great success, all will be right in the world.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“Children are the precious blessing from God our creator and they are the most honest, loving, caring, trusting, accepting and forgiving creatures in the universe. Thank you Lord for our healthy and beautiful children and thank you for our healthy and beautiful grandchildren.”
“Later many people would say that if the schools had been closed right away, lives might have been saved. But at the time people argued that you couldn't just close the schools, because so many parents worked. If they had to stay home to take care of their kids, a lot of them would lose income, maybe even their jobs. Not to mention that businesses were already shorthanded because of all the employees out sick. Closing the schools might just make things worse.”
Source: Salvation City
“Some mountains will help you discover the love you need for yourself. Take your time and go hiking somewhere. That process will enable you to reflect and take the right steps.”
Source: Coming to Grips with the Mountains and Valleys of This World
“The reason I despised families with many children in particular was because each child they forced into the world tended to force even more, as did each subsequent generation, which resulted in an exponential growth of new human beings, none of whom asked to be born.
As the philosopher David Benatar has pointed out, assuming each couple has three children, their total descendants over ten generations amount to 88,572 new people. Now that’s a lot of unnecessary human beings! A lot of unnecessary pain and suffering! A lot of unnecessary British tourists!”
Source: I Hate Traveling
“There is literally no way to prepare for parenthood. You can read all the books and make a schedule and love that little person more than you ever thought possible, but being a parent will still gut you. Your kid will say they hate you, they’ll projectile vomit in your face, they’ll have friends you don’t like or they won’t have enough friends and you’ll worry. You’ll never be sure if you should push them harder or whether you need to back off. You won’t know whether to follow your instincts or do what everyone else is doing. You will never be fully relaxed again.”
Source: Last Summer at the Golden Hotel