Monday, November 29, 2021

Do Not Ask

 

Do not ask your children 

to strive for extraordinary lives. 

Such striving may seem admirable, 

but it is the way of foolishness. 

Help them instead to find the wonder 

and the marvel of an ordinary life. 

Show them the joy of tasting 

tomatoes, apples and pears. 

Show them how to cry 

when pets and people die. 

Show them the infinite pleasure 

in the touch of a hand. 

And make the ordinary come alive for them. 

The extraordinary will take care of itself.

--William Martin

[Our grandsons Killian and Soren enjoying the wonders of an ordinary day.]







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