What Have Your Children Taught You Of Love That You Did Not Realize Before Them?

After reading Pencil's answer...not much more I can say, They have certainly taught me compassion and empathy. However, I will say that one huge lesson that I have learned from or because of my children is that if we are to teach real love in this world, and carry on a war against war, we must begin with the children.  Someone recently asked a similar question...re: Things that you have learned. Everything I listed was all a result of loving my children and understanding their needs as children to become respectable adults. It is all a cycle. It can either go round and round like a dog chasing its tail, or we can break that cycle and reach out to the light. It all begins with the children and how we teach them....and they teach us. They are not tainted until we taint them.

I know that the love you have for your children includes giving your life for them if necessary. That it makes you fast as Superman when your kid is in danger, (you can do impossible things even). That Children are born good and loving and have all the right stuff, we can screw that up by not accepting their perfection and putting unreasonable and unloving demands on them. That being a MOm is the greatest calling on this planet. That it is hard to let people we love make mistakes and work through them, but that it is the loving thing to do. That there is a connection of the heart that time and distance can not remove. The hard part is that if you do your job correctly, your children will grow up and leave and have a life of their own, apart from you. If you cling to them, you will cripple them for life. It includes but is not limited to performing a wheelbarrow race, on the ground if required at a scouting event, and all kinds of things you thought you would NEVER do. That you never stop being concerned if not down right worrying about them. That nothing will ever fill your heart like that child! Thanks good Q.