You've got to learn to let go and let your children fall, and fail. If you try to protect them from hurt, and always rush to their side with Band-Aids, they won't learn about life, and what is true, what works, what helps, and what are real consequences of certain kinds of behavior. When they do get hurt, which they will, they won't know how to take care of their grown selves. They won't even know where the aspirin is kept.
Anne LamottMy best teachers were mess, failure, death, mistakes, and the people I hated, including myself.
Anne LamottLetโs think of reverence as awe, as presence in and openness to the worldโฆTry walking around with a child whoโs going, โWow, wow! Look at that dirty dog! Look at that burned-down house! Look at that red sky!โ And the child points, and you look, and you see, and you start going, โWow! Look at that huge crazy hedge! Look at that teeny little baby! Look at the scary dark cloud!โ I think this is how we are supposed to be in the world โ present and in awe.
Anne Lamott