05 May Teach your children …
Teach your children …
Teach these truths to your children.
Teach your children that they need nothing exterior to themselves to be happy
— no person, place, or thing —
and that true happiness is found within.
Teach them that they are sufficient unto themselves.
Teach your children that failure is a fiction,
that every trying is a success,
and that every effort is what achieves the victory,
with the first no less honorable than the last.
Teach them these,
and you will have taught them grandly.
Teach your children that they are deeply connected to all of Life,
that they are One with all people,
and that they are never separate from God.
Teach your children that they live in a world of magnificent abundance,
that there is enough for everyone, and that it is in sharing the most,
not in gathering the most, that the most is received.
Teach your children that there is nothing that they are required to be or to do
to be eligible for a life of dignity and fulfillment,
that they need not compete with anyone for anything,
and that God’s blessings are meant for everyone.
Teach them these,
and you will have taught them grandly.
Teach your children that they will never be judged,
that they need not worry about always getting it right,
and that they do not have to change anything, or “get better,”
to be seen as perfect and beautiful in the eyes of God.
Teach your children that consequences and punishment are not the same thing,
that death does not exist,
and that God would never condemn anyone.
Teach your children that there are no conditions to love,
that they need not worry about ever losing your love, or God’s,
and that their own love, unconditionally shared,
is the greatest gift they can give to the world.
Teach them these,
and you will have taught them grandly.
Teach your children that being special does not mean being better,
that claiming superiority over someone is not seeing them for Who They Really Are,
and that there is great healing in acknowledging
“mine is not a better way, mine is merely another way.”
Teach your children that there is nothing that they cannot do,
that the illusion of Ignorance can be eradicated from the earth,
and that all anyone really needs is
to be given back to themselves by being reminded of Who They Really Are.
Teach them these,
and you will have taught them grandly.
Teach these things not with your words but with your actions;
not with discussion but with demonstration.
For it is what you do that your children will emulate,
and how you are that they will become.
Go now and teach these things not only to your children
but to all people and all nations.
For all people are your children,
and all nations are your home …
Communion with God
Neale D. Walsch
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