Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Parent


The trouble

with parents

is that

by the time

they are experienced,

they are unemployed.

We are the people our parents warned us about.

"The incomparable stupidity of life
teaches us to love our parents;
divine philosophy teaches us to forgive them." ~ Baron Brede de Montesquieu

Having a child does not make one a parent any more than owning a guitar makes you a musician.

God's world is evolving faster and faster and as each generation produces more knowledge the

parents of the next generation are always one step behind.

The telephone of 100 years ago was connected by wires to those parts of the world

that could be reached, today's generation is texting messages around the world faster

than they can get up the courage to ask their parents about the facts of life.

Stuck between the generation that invented Mother's Day and Father's Day and a generation

that may clone its next progeny is a difficult conundrum for the current generation.

The solution to finding the lost generation is to teach love, the will of a Higher Power.

The will of a Higher Power has transcended every generation since the beginning of time.

A baby understands love and the warmth of a parents caress before they ever know their first word.

Be kind, every generation has reaped the benefits of kindliness.

Be loving, understand that race, creed and national origin will be issues for many a generation to come,

and if they know kindness and love the issues will be easier to resolve.

Share the technology, the education, the love and become a parent to the world.

"The wise man must remember
that while he is a descendant of the past,
he is a parent of the future.” ~ Herbert Spencer

Our differences should be in how we can resolve to overcome a problem, not in how we see each other.

Three heads can solve a problem better than one, even if the heads are black, white and yellow.

"The pressures of being a parent are equal to any pressure on earth.
To be a conscious parent,
and really look to that little being's mental and physical health,
is a responsibility which most of us, including me,
avoid most of the time because it's too hard." ~ John Lennon

Hard is as hard as you make it.

Fear is a lack of knowledge.

Sometimes it is hard to love the ignorant and the rebellious, but children need to be shown

that love and learning can make fear go away.

Parent or child, there is no need to wait for one special day a year to celebrate the love for one another.

Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly and trust in our Creator who loves us.

Happiness is helping someone help themselves.

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ME and the Boss

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Photo Credit: Gail Ackerman

Sunday, June 19, 2011

Father

Like father,

like son.

Whether

it is

genetics

or the

environment,

the apple usually

does not fall far from the tree.


Just as every person has a different concept of what their

Higher Power is, so does every person have a different

idea of what a father is or what a father should be.

Any man can be a father,

it takes someone special to be a dad.

"By the time a man realizes
that maybe his father was right,
he usually has a son
who thinks he's wrong."           ~ Charles Wadworth

Right or wrong, physically present or absent,

emotionally present or absent, just about everyone has

a father figure that they can remember.

Some may have more than one.

Most well balanced people grow with the ability

to learn from the many fathers, coaches, mentors,

teachers, preachers, rabbis, priests, shamans,

or maybe just the man next door, those who

were a part of your learning about life's purpose or meaning.

Best friends growing up were proud to share

with you the good virtues of their fathers.

Everyone loved the mother who could bake:

OOps, different subject for a different time.

The most important lessons in life are those lessons

that teach one about emotions, about feelings, what they feel like,

how to express them to others, what is appropriate or inappropriate

when it comes to showing your feelings.

Love, but do not hate.

Like the good, but dislike the bad.

Be kind, and humbly accept kindness.

Have the courage to do the next right thing.

Have the honesty to say I do not know, let us learn together.

Show sincerity in all that you do.

Have the willingness to change.

Be the person your children think you are.

"Son, brother, father, lover, friend.
There is room in the heart for all the affections,
as there is room in heaven for all the stars."           ~ Victor Hugo

Today, do the will of your Higher Power.

Happiness is helping someone help themselves.
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ME and the Boss

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In loving memory of
Guy Robert Erb,
deceased.
Born August 13th, 1916.

Photo credit: Gail Ackerman