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June 26, 2007

These three things remain

If I could give my children nothing else in life, there are three things I want for them to have:

Faith. I want my children to have faith. In a power that is higher than anything, that is the source of everything, that can both create and move mountains and seas. I want them to have faith that this power is all around them, that it is within them, that it is in others, as well.

Hope. I want my children to have hope in a beautiful future for us all. For without hope they will never be able to accomplish their dreams for themselves, for the earth, for the world.

Love. I want my children to know love. To feel loved. To have love. For all living things, for the earth, for all people, for themselves.

I know that their lives will not be without turmoil, without pain. But I pray that they can carry with them these three things, for when all else falls away, what remains are these: faith, hope, love.

And the greatest of these is love.

This post is part of a Group Writing Project for June, sponsored by Jordan at MamaBlogga. Please visit her site for the rules if you would like to participate. The prompt for this month is "Three things I want my kids to..."

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  • "Peace is present right here and now, in ourselves and in everything we do and see. The question is whether or not we are in touch with it. We don't have to travel far away to enjoy the blue sky. We don't have to leave our city or even our neighborhood to enjoy the eyes of a beautiful child. Even the air we breathe can be a source of joy." Thich Nhat Hanh, Peace is Every Step
  • "A joyful life is an individual creation that cannot be copied from a recipe." Mihaly Csikczentmihaly, Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
  • "There are many ways to live a good life." Marilynne Robinson, Gilead
  • "If we think we have no stories it is because we have not paid enough attention to our lives. Most of us live lives that are far richer and more meaningful than we appreciate." Ruth Naomi Remen, MD, Kitchen Table Wisdom
  • "Nothing else will ever make you as happy, or as sad, or as proud, or as tired, as motherhood." Elia Parsons

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