tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38890408.post6730382530251727197..comments2015-11-26T01:11:40.286+00:00Comments on be the change - tread the path: Striking a balance (1) - ParentingDamianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16027494208382812570noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38890408.post-39554480820218881922007-05-07T23:47:00.000+00:002007-05-07T23:47:00.000+00:00Thank you so much for your input on this - your wo...Thank you so much for your input on this - your words have given me solace, confirmation and some directions to seek for clarity and inspiration.<BR/><BR/>Kara-Leah - being so close to the action I often forget to step back and 'see through others eyes' and your words struck a real chord with me. Additionally it is all too easy to get lost in my own 'role' and become distanced from the higher Damianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16027494208382812570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38890408.post-71343025634402342582007-05-07T13:10:00.000+00:002007-05-07T13:10:00.000+00:00Hi Damian, I wish I'd seen this post sooner -- I n...Hi Damian, I wish I'd seen this post sooner -- I never have time to do all the reading I want. :-) I think I have a pretty good perspective on what you're going through, partly because I DO have four children about the age yours are (though none are step-children) and partly because I come from a broken home myself -- my mother and father were divorced when I was six.<BR/><BR/>I think Kara-LeahJeff Lillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04863295594209617987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38890408.post-26363962290349089772007-04-26T01:06:00.000+00:002007-04-26T01:06:00.000+00:00As you know, I don't have kids, so have no authori...As you know, I don't have kids, so have no authority whatsoever to comment.<BR/><BR/>So thoughts.<BR/><BR/>Be love. Be compassion. Be detached. <BR/><BR/>Be the type of character and person you wish your children to be.<BR/><BR/>Remember, it is not for us to know another's path in life.<BR/><BR/>It is the obstacles and the struggles that we encounter that develop our strengths and character.<BR/>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com