The Highest Payment of Motherhood
When I think of a love as pure as that our children, it brings tears to my eyes and a smile to my face. I am awestruck at a love as innocent, as pure and as deep as theirs. For most of us, we are compensated in our lives through a career, a place we go to grow, learn, apply our god given talents and climb up the endless world of opportunity in dollars...salaries, financial and personal reward, right? And, there are some of us who work for free, volunteer their time to contribute for the compensation of very little to for some, nothing in return. However; either way, it seems for most, we are on a journey of doing things in this world for some payback, and I don't mean that necessarily in money, some of us don't expect anything in return, yet there is still a return... its a self gratification of helping others and for some its a compensation of a salary for a job performance. What makes this transition in us? Is it a natural thing that happens in each of us as we grow older, the need to survive kicks in, the desire to be successful, healthy and create abundance?
I think of all these things and wonder, when does this shift happen? Our young children know nothing of the "workforce" out in the world to earn a living. They learn that from us as their guiding leaders. When they do things for us like make us a pretend cup of tea in their tiny little teacup, or draw us a masterpiece of art to display in the public eye, what do they expect in return... LOVE! They expect love, gratitude and praise! Just take in the pure and innocence in that. For me, when I look at my kids and either my husband or myself receives a gift, their eyes glow with excitement, they are SO excited about giving, SO excited about how much I am going to LOVE the cup of tea, SO excited about getting a hug and praise for the GREAT job they did today! I see it, I recognize it, I know that for them, they are deeply satisfied with LOVE in return!
Truth is, most of us head of into the workforce to earn a living each and every day. For some we get the opportunity to stay with our children, or others children and that still is a full time 24/7 job. Realize, I do believe it is crucial to the development of children to be taught the significance of a dollar, hard earned rewards and dedication of commitments. I am simply encouraging us as parents to take a step back and disconnect from the world and treasure our children's expectations of love, make notice that the payment of pure love and joy can truly be the greatest reward of our commitment and dedication to our family. What an honor to be a mother and a father to a child and an honor to fill our hearts with love!
I invite you to love greatly and deeply in everything that you do.
