"I used to feel guilty about idle moments. Time spent splayed out in the lawn chair, staring at the sky, was time "wasted". A walk in the woods with a friend and her dog meant that I wouldn't get my aerobic workout for the day. When Henry, at three, wanted to hear the same story every day for a month and have the same conversation about it every time, I could not help thinking about the stack of unread library books that was gathering dust in the meantime.
But I have come to believe that all of these activities are essential. They are what is meant by "nurturing".
Our children do not need any more possessions to be happy; they need only to feel sure that they possess our hearts, our attention, our acceptance of who they are."
Love this.
ReplyDeleteI love this. I keep this book next to my bed, and pick it up on nights when my mind is racing and I can't sleep.
ReplyDeleteQuote that I love: "Therefore, how can you and I really expect to glide naively through life, as if to say, “Lord, give me experience, but not grief, not sorrow, not pain, not opposition, not betrayal, and certainly not to be forsaken. Keep from me, Lord, all those experiences which made Thee what Thou art! Then let me come and dwell with Thee and fully share Thy joy!”
ReplyDeleteby Neal A. Maxwell