Bear caught sight of something new!
Words of wisdom from Madelaine L'Engle about maturing......
"So the challenge I face with children is the redemption of adulthood. We must make it evident that maturity is the fulfillment of childhood and adolescence, not a diminishing; that it is an affirmation of life, not a denial; that it is entering fully into our essential selves."
This isn't just a problem with children, it's a problem with full grown women.
How far into maturity do you travel before the road heads down hill? Maybe it doesn't tip down but ever upwards? When the bear goes over the mountain, there are new heights to achieve, and some things to leave behind.
"So the challenge I face with children is the redemption of adulthood. We must make it evident that maturity is the fulfillment of childhood and adolescence, not a diminishing; that it is an affirmation of life, not a denial; that it is entering fully into our essential selves."
This isn't just a problem with children, it's a problem with full grown women.
How far into maturity do you travel before the road heads down hill? Maybe it doesn't tip down but ever upwards? When the bear goes over the mountain, there are new heights to achieve, and some things to leave behind.
posted by milaminute @ 6:04 AM
1 Comments:
At Monday, January 22, 2007 10:49:00 PM,
Simply Kaitlyn said…
So when our kids mature and leave we don't have to deny ourselves any longer, we enter into our essential selves? I can tell you write now I do not like the essential, I like the excess. When my kids move out, I want excess- vacations, a big screen tv, a second house in Maine, fingernails painted every week, sleep in too long,... because if I don't, I will miss them so much it hurts.
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