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Life is a Book of Riddles with the Real Lessons Writ Small in its Margins.- jonathan huie
At bottom every man knows well enough that he is a unique being, only once on this earth; and by no extraordinary chance will such a marvellously picturesque piece of diversity in unity as he is, ever be put together a second time. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
Each day, I make a real attempt to open up another part of my mind, soul, eyes, etc. I try to find some meaningful quotation and pick it apart and learn from it. The two I came across today, made me mindful of the approaching Mother's Day. How so, you say?
Each of us are born with our very own uniqueness. No other human is exactly as we are. Even identical twins have something that is different in them. There are remarkable twins that no one call tell apart, but I am positive if we delve into each's likes and dislikes there are quite a few differences. With that uniqueness that we are gifted with, we owe it to the very miracle that we are to stay that way, to not bend to others wants and desires, not compromise our stance on issues that sound the siren call to our being, our soul, our heart. When this happens, when we conform to either please someone else, or to attract someone in the hopes that we are not alone, or to "fit in with the crowd", pieces of our uniqueness dry up and fall off us, just as the dead skin cells do. We owe it to our very God (if you believe and if not whatever power you believe had a hand in your creation) to honor his workmanship, his talent, his vision. We should believe that what each of us possess are sum and total of all the puzzle pieces that went into our unique qualities.
I thought about this in the thoughts of my children. There are times I wonder how children born to the same mom and dad could be as different as night and day. I tried to encourage that spark, that difference, so that they would know that this is something only they possess which sets them apart from all others. I hoped that they cultivated that seed and for the most part they have. My son, though he is married and his wife is his best friend, there is absolutely no way he and she share all likes and dislikes and he will not ever, as he and most male species I know call it, "cave" to the others desires, wants, needs. He understands that those differences can be good in life. They are what give you your own time away to ensure that you do not absorb the traits and characteristics of the other individual.. though he and his wife do so much together, there are things they do just for "me time", and I believe this is what keeps their union strong and honest.
My daughter, though I love her with my entire being, has her own uniqueness, but it has waned over the years. I don't know if it was because of the rotten partner she chose for her first real honest-to-God love and married, or if, in some strange way, because a lot of her childhood friends were needy, she bent and became as they. She is in a good relationship with a good man this time and though I love him as my own son, they NEVER do much (sans working and long trips as he gets sick travelling) alone. She has absorbed so much of his characteristics, I think if something happens between them it will devastate her.
And just so anyone reading this thinks I don't love both my children equally, I do... and each morning when I am able to once again open my eyes and see the beauty and wonder that I am living with, though at times I whimper because of the amount of work (and I truly believe it is what is keeping me healthy and not feeling my age as much) I thank God for all the wonderful miracles he has bestowed upon me.. especially my children. As I have said, though their father and I are no longer together and though things happened that hurt, I will NEVER belittle him or hate him, after all, he gave me my two greatest accomplishments on earth.
If you truly would enjoy seeing a couple that loved their child, please watch the video clip I have inserted.. (fair warning.. it will make you cry.. and not because of the tragedy, but because of the love you will hear and see) and be glad that your children never had to face this.. HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
99 Balloons... a true story of Elliott and a love that rivals none
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