tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4551995155145564076.post6858694137709089525..comments2009-01-22T11:41:42.556-08:00Gladney Adoptionnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4551995155145564076.post-3459951838006570622009-01-22T11:41:00.000-08:002009-01-22T11:41:00.000-08:00my favorite on this topic:<BR/><BR/>On Children<BR/> Kahlil Gibran<BR/><BR/>Your children are not your children.<BR/>They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.<BR/>They come through you but not from you,<BR/>And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.<BR/><BR/>You may give them your love but not your thoughts, <BR/>For they have their own thoughts.<BR/>You may house their bodies but not their souls,<BR/>For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, <BR/>which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.<BR/>You may strive to be like them, <BR/>but seek not to make them like you.<BR/>For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.<BR/><BR/>You are the bows from which your children<BR/>as living arrows are sent forth.<BR/>The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, <BR/>and He bends you with His might <BR/>that His arrows may go swift and far.<BR/>Let our bending in the archer's hand be for gladness;<BR/>For even as He loves the arrow that flies, <BR/>so He loves also the bow that is stable.kim.clarke@gladneynoreply@blogger.com