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And the bigger issue, why is it okay to raise this child but not at least try to help me have one of my own?
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Life's longing for itself..
On Children
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.
p. 17
The Prophet.. Khalil Gibran.
We can not control life.. our lives..
And IMO we need to grieve what we find wrong in our lives.. and then get on with it..
Jackie