This is the sixth week since I noticed a partially open bud of a common Daisy in our garden. The third and fourth flowers seem to be looking full, bright and crisp. The last one taken today is looking duller than the one before that.
A flower too has early life, mid life and late life! During its life of about 8 weeks, a daisy flower is a star flower in our garden standing out and gets noticed.
As I look back over these weeks, there were few occasions when the flower seemed to droop on bright sunny days. The flower returned to its brightness and charm when the plant was watered. Fortunately, the flower escaped invasion from a caterpillar during most of its early days except in the last week.
A flower is exposed to some risk, but this daisy flower survived them.
I come across many situations when parents do not grasp a 'life time approach' to their children. Children receive attention depending on the needs rather than providing them a sustained and ongoing attention keeping in view that they are to grow up to be adults to live a full life and to bring fruitfulness through their lives.
It is necessary for parents to have a prospective view of their children till at least they have crossed the teen years. In this prospective view of their children's life, parents are to be providers and enablers.
A child has in his or her nature the instinct to grow and blossom. But the nature he or she would need comes from home and school. It is this nurture that needs sustained attention.
Every child has the prospect to blossom!
We owe it to them to be given that enabling!
I listened to the story of a mother who stayed away from her career path for seven years till she was sure, that her son who had weakness of one side, was independent and was able to respond to all the class room requirements to be at par with other children. It was then she chose to have her next child. She returned to only a part time job as she carried a long term plan for her family and son.
The home is the place of childhood formation! Parents are their path finders!
M.C.Mathew(text and photo)
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