I’m Not Sure It Was What I Thought

Week 14

I’m Not Sure It Was What I Thought

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1.      As the twig is bent the tree leans applies as to one’s early attitudes as to a parent a parent’s influence.

2.      Children crave order. If parents provide that, they’ve provided much.

3.      Every child born into the same family is born into a different family.

4.      What is it about your parents that you appreciate deeply? “Nothing” is not an acceptable answer.

5.      How have you gone your own way?

6.      What memories soothe? Which ones rankle or grate?

7.      How are you like no other person?

Parents

It seems possible

to overrate

the impact of

our parents

on who we become.

Models of virtue

give rise

to slugs and sinners.

Out of the homes

of reprobates and absentees

come swans and singers

who find and create

a wealth of environs

that nourish them.

Prediction readily defied,

what matters most,

perhaps,

is to claim in heart

what your parents

gave that you wove

wittingly, unwittingly

as you composed

your world’s walk

masterpiece.

© 2012 Allan Cox, Allan Cox & Associates Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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