Today's thought........... (2)
HJFinAZ: "One of the oldest human needs is having someone wonder where you are when you don't come home at night." ~Margaret Mead~
Many of us grew up with a loving mother who gave us life and cared for our needs. Others among us have mothers who were missing from our lives either physically or emotionally. Perhaps no word in any language carries more weight or more feelings than the word mother. It carries images of comfort, undying love, first intimacy, and complete acceptance. Few mothers ever totally fulfill those images.
As we become adults, we have a more realistic understanding of our relationship with our mother. She was a real human being, not a stereotype, and not perfect. We longed for her approval and her love, as all children do. We had angry feelings toward her at times, and guilt about the ways we hurt her. It is our adult task to make peace with her, living or dead, to forgive her for what we did not get, and for how we were hurt, and to accept forgiveness for our mistakes. Only after we have made that peace are we truly emancipated adults and free to love other fully.
Today I seek peace with my mother.
A very happy Mothers Day to all the mom's around the world.
Many of us grew up with a loving mother who gave us life and cared for our needs. Others among us have mothers who were missing from our lives either physically or emotionally. Perhaps no word in any language carries more weight or more feelings than the word mother. It carries images of comfort, undying love, first intimacy, and complete acceptance. Few mothers ever totally fulfill those images.
As we become adults, we have a more realistic understanding of our relationship with our mother. She was a real human being, not a stereotype, and not perfect. We longed for her approval and her love, as all children do. We had angry feelings toward her at times, and guilt about the ways we hurt her. It is our adult task to make peace with her, living or dead, to forgive her for what we did not get, and for how we were hurt, and to accept forgiveness for our mistakes. Only after we have made that peace are we truly emancipated adults and free to love other fully.
Today I seek peace with my mother.
A very happy Mothers Day to all the mom's around the world.
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Happy Mothers Day
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Many of us grew up with a loving mother who gave us life and cared for our needs. Others among us have mothers who were missing from our lives either physically or emotionally. Perhaps no word in any language carries more weight or more feelings than the word mother. It carries images of comfort, undying love, first intimacy, and complete acceptance. Few mothers ever totally fulfill those images.
As we become adults, we have a more realistic understanding of our relationship with our mother. She was a real human being, not a stereotype, and not perfect. We longed for her approval and her love, as all children do. We had angry feelings toward her at times, and guilt about the ways we hurt her. It is our adult task to make peace with her, living or dead, to forgive her for what we did not get, and for how we were hurt, and to accept forgiveness for our mistakes. Only after we have made that peace are we truly emancipated adults and free to love other fully.
Today I seek peace with my mother.
A very happy Mothers Day to all the mom's around the world.