My mind has been weighed down with a lot of thoughts lately. Many of them concerning my children.
As most parents do, I worry a lot about my kids. I worry about their safety and their well-being. But mostly, I worry about them. About who they are.
I wonder, are they honest? Are they patient?
Are they happy? Optimistic?
Do they love enough? Or serve enough?
Are they kind and compassionate?
Are they quick to forgive? Are they quick to say sorry?
Are they generous with what they have or are they selfish?
My kids won't be small forever, and sometimes that worries me. Am I doing right by them now? Am I teaching them all they need to know and be? But the more I've thought on this recently, the more I've realized that I've been focused on the wrong thing. I'm asking the wrong questions.
It's not about who they are. The question I should be asking is, am I all those things? Because if I'm not all I hope my kids will be, then how can I ever teach them?
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