Good Morning, Morning!

The Robin's Nest, originally uploaded by white_shadow_photog.

You are worried about seeing him spend his early years in doing nothing..Is it nothing to be happy? Nothing to skip, play, and run around all day long? ~Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Emile, 1762

Every parent wants their child to thrive, to prosper in life. Yet, what does this mean? If we cannot quite answer this question ourselves, how can we expect to guide our children into the answer to this question? Even if you do think you have the answer, do you think your answer will be the same as mine? Probably not. And, I think we can agree that we want our children to be themselves.

Consider these eggs.

From the outside, they look stagnant. We are not immediately aware of the magical world inside. If we exert pressure on these eggs, they will certainly crack, and that which would have matured beautifully, if given more time, dies.

Of course, we must also remember that these eggs would never hatch on their own, in the absence of the parent's gentle warmth.