So I was doing well academically, and I was a well-ranked tennis player and was the apple of my handsome father's eye-and then I would bring home a report card with a B-plus on it, and my parents would look at the report card as if I'd flunked. "Uh, honey?" one of them would ask, looking perplexed. "Now, this isn't a criticism but, if you could get a B-plus in philosophy, how much harder would it have been to get an A-minus?"
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 LamottSo how on earth can I bring a child into the world, knowing that such sorrow lies ahead, that it is such a large part of what it means to be human? I'm not sure. That's my answer: I'm not sure.
Anne Lamott