September 15, 2012
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Our Children Are Us
We Are Our ChildrenLife is bewildering. We wage massive wars and devastation on our species, and yet, we watch the news and anguish over the rescue of one solitary child trapped at the bottom of a well. We love our shoot-em-up action movies with scenes of glamorized death and gore. Higher the kill-rate, the better. Yet….we are repulsed and horrified if any of the scripted scenes contain the death of children. Show us hundreds of photos of starving Africans and the Pulitzer winners will always be of the children.
What is it about the human condition that causes us to freely sacrifice our lives for the sake of a child, whether it’s our own or not? We all know that there is no beast on this planet more ferocious than a human Mom protecting her young. Instinct? Conditioning? Confusion? Subconsciously, our children are us! In soul and genetic matter, they generate from us, and long after we are gone, they will carry on the essence of us along with that of their grand parents, great grand parents and so on. Confucius endorsed this ancestral link, as has many other beliefs throughout the centuries, as the spiritual fiber that bonds one generation to another. A hundred generations from now, a baby boy will be born of my lineage and at that sacred moment of birth, I will, in a very unique way, once again be part of life in the genetic makeup of that new born child. I might influence his character, his good looks and I may even be that infinitesimal spark that guides him to create. I will live again, through him, as will my forbearers.
Respectfully, I won’t convolute this blog with religious connotations, except to say that the wonderment and substance of birth is beyond my simple mind’s comprehension. Whether birth is orchestrated by God, nature or ancestral intervention, I have no idea. Yes, I do have faith. Faith in who I am and in my children and grandchildren and someday, soon, I will look into the eyes of my very first great grandchild, and there…..I will see myself.
Comments (6)
This is a beautiful post. Maybe it’s because I’m pregnant with my second child right now and my hormones are a little crazy, and maybe it’s because I’m a mother, but this was very moving. Thank you.
@kaitlove__xx - Very kind comment….thank you very much.
Very good post.
@JadeMaster2 - Thanks JM.
Yes it is true and thank God so many are there to protect and care for the children of the world. Being a new great granny, let me tell ya, that little guy owns me:)
I enjoyed your post! being a person of faith i know that we are commanded to protect children and do nothing to harm them. have a great sunday & thanks again—karen