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.
I found this line very much striking for it is indeed true that our children are not ours. They are just like jewels which value is incalculable entrusted to us by God that at any time He will get it back. Therefore, we should not think that we own the our children that sometimes we come to a point that we control their lives, we dictate them what course to be take, friends and peoples to be with, and etc. In addition, no one can lose something he/she has not possessed,and so, we should be ready for anytime our children will be gone from our sight. Also, we can't control the lives of our children for they have their own lives, own legend to fulfill, we are just merely an instrument and little god in fulfilling such legend of theirs. Keeping those children would be tantamount to stealing them, therefore, we should set them free but must not forget to give them penetration, the values and skills along with them,so that they too, will be ready to face the battle of their lives.
God entrusted them to our care, and there will a time that he will come to fetch them back. Its just a matter of readiness and acceptance.
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