Hold Tight Only To Compassion

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Hold Tight Only To Compassion

 

It has been said by experts,

"You must be consistent,

or your children will be confused."

Nonsense.

Who among us is consistent?

Circumstances are always changing.

 

Children become confused

when parents become rigid,

holding rules above love.

Be consistently flexible.

Hold tight only to compassion.

 

As people age they become

either soft and supple,

or hard and brittle,

both in mind and body.

I have seen profound examples

of each type,

so have you.

Which are you becoming?

 

Children are flexible

in body and spirit.

The greatest gift you can give them,

is to become the same.

 

>From The Parent's Tao Te Ching, by William Martin