Parents today are obsessed with turning their kids into super achievers right from the time the little ones step into this world. The race that begins there goes on for a lifetime for most kids and more often than not, ends on a sad note.
Here's a poem for all parents who wish that their kids become super achievers
Here's a poem for all parents who wish that their kids become super achievers
Do not ask your children
to strive for extraordinary lives.
Such striving may seem admirable,
but it is a way of foolishness
Help them instead to find the wonder
and the marvel of an ordinary life.
Show them the joy of tasting
tomatoes, apples and pears.
Show them how to cry
when pets and people die.
Show them the infinite pleasure
in the touch of a hand.
And make the ordinary come alive for them.
The extraordinary will take care of itself.
to strive for extraordinary lives.
Such striving may seem admirable,
but it is a way of foolishness
Help them instead to find the wonder
and the marvel of an ordinary life.
Show them the joy of tasting
tomatoes, apples and pears.
Show them how to cry
when pets and people die.
Show them the infinite pleasure
in the touch of a hand.
And make the ordinary come alive for them.
The extraordinary will take care of itself.
William Martin, The Parent's Tao Te Ching: Ancient Advice for Modern Parents
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