Your children are not you children,
They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
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 seventeenth week of Living Arrows. As usual my boy and I went for dinner at my parents house, our ritual every Sunday and then we went out into the garden as it was lovely and sunny. My boy was being silly and I caught this image of him mid silliness with his finger in his mouth. I think he looks so cute here. I love his curls in the sun and the flowers in the backdrop.
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 seventeenth week of Living Arrows. As usual my boy and I went for dinner at my parents house, our ritual every Sunday and then we went out into the garden as it was lovely and sunny. My boy was being silly and I caught this image of him mid silliness with his finger in his mouth. I think he looks so cute here. I love his curls in the sun and the flowers in the backdrop.
Love the little personality you can see shining through. Lovely photo. Those curls are adorable. #livingarrows
Awh thank you Jenny, quite the little actor he is 🙂
look at that hair! so cute! my son just had his first hair cut and had his curls cut off - i cried!
This is a great project. Kids grow up so fast and these will be wonderful photos for you to look back on in years to come.
Thank you Dani 🙂 Oh I'll cry too when we have to cut Tyler Lee's hair. I think I'll let it grow long until I can manage to let it be cut off!
What a lovely photo!!! So so sweet. He's gorgeous xx
xxx | daisydaisyxxo
Those curls really are gorgeous! Lovely photo!
He is adorable and what a great photo. He is thinking about something 🙂 x
beautiful boy!!! 😉
That's a gorgeous location for a photo, looks like lovely weather too x
A chill kid and loves his curly hair! #livingarrows
The magnificent thing human is!
Man, he is photogenic!
Lovely photo.He looks so cute!
Awww this is just too much cuteness for me to handle, he is such a dude! xxx #livingarrows
That photo is epic and his personality SHINES through. A right little man, isn't he! haha! #LivingArrows
What a great idea! and what a cute pose. I think I will need to start doing this with my boys...
Thanks for a great post.
William
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