In the weeks you've been with me - again and again it occurs to me how much you'll learn from me - even when I'm not knowingly teaching you. It's a natual thing, you'll just pick up habits, beliefs, fears and hopes as we go along. I shall do my best always to steer you in the right direction, but in the end, my true desire is for you to make your own way. To thine own self be true little man. This is not to say I won't have opinions, or that I won't be there whatever the decision at hand may be - but my joy will be in the fact that one day you won't need my opinions, my direction, my nod of approval . . . I pray to one day rest in the fact that I will have armed you with all you need to be the best YOU that you can be. I read something that stuck with me son . . . something I hope to impress upon your heart - a thought for you to carry close to you and remember - something to help you stay centered. That thought is this:
"to be yourself-
in a world which is doing its best
night and day
to make you everybody else-
means to fight the hardest battle
which any human being can fight
and never stop fighting."
-ee cummings
That is a lot to take in - but one day you will understand. Be yourself son - be who you are, stand up for what you believe, and do what you love. Don't let anyone else make those decisions for you. If you know it in your heart - if it is your truth - then you stand up and own it, and never be ashamed about doing so. It won't always be easy love - but I love you too much to paint a world for you only meant to be seen through rose colored lenses.
It is my prayer son, that one day you understand that the best things in life . . . well, they aren't things at all. For me, the best is God, you, family, love, laughter, teaching, learning, and acceptance. I will show to you these every day, but I will always give you room to find out what the best in life is for you - and at the end of the day, if your list doesn't match mine - I will rejoice in the fact that you've learned your own way.
It is my prayer son, that one day you understand that the best things in life . . . well, they aren't things at all. For me, the best is God, you, family, love, laughter, teaching, learning, and acceptance. I will show to you these every day, but I will always give you room to find out what the best in life is for you - and at the end of the day, if your list doesn't match mine - I will rejoice in the fact that you've learned your own way.
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