Your children are not you children,
They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet
they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your
thoughts, For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in
the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you. For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent
forth. The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and He
bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far.
Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness; For even as He
loves the arrow that flies, so He loves also the bow that is stable.
*By Kahlil Gibran
I am taking part in I Heart Snapping's weekly
Living Arrows project, a photography project to capture an image which
represents childhood to you through the actions, likes, dislikes, looks
and movements of your own children. Below is my picture for the fifth
week of Living Arrows. Yesterday it was my baby boy's first birthday so I had some mini photo sessions throughout the day. I loved the idea of this one, which I have named 'Onderful'. My boy was so curious with the letters, wanting to bite them and chew on them. He was most puzzled by the letter 'E', the shape must have grabbed his imagination!
That's very, very sweet :-)
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ReplyDeleteWhat a clever idea! Lovely photos xx
ReplyDeleteWhat a clever idea! So cute xx
ReplyDeleteAwwww Happy 1st Birthday to your gorgeous little man. LOVE the idea behind these photos, he looks super cute! xxx
ReplyDeleteVikki @ Love From Mummy
Awesome photos!! Love them, Happy Birthday!! x
ReplyDeleteHip hip hooray! Love this shoot! I am a big fan of those letters and numbers too! #LivingArrows
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