The below quote really resonated with me. Children are our future and we need to guard them fiercely. Too often is the value that children bring to society forgotten. The littlest members of our lives carry the keys to our future. We need to not only see them but also HEAR them. They are a precious treasure. There is no screening process to be parents but the way this sacred role is carried out shapes the world we live in.
I hope you enjoy the following as much I did:
“Children are the most precious treasure a community can possess, for in them are the promise and guarantee of the future. They bear the seeds of the character of future society which is largely shaped by what the adults constituting the community do or fail to do with respect to children. They are a trust no community can neglect with impunity. An all-embracing love of children, the manner of treating them, the quality of attention shown them, the spirit of adult behavior toward them – – these are all among the vital aspects of the requisite attitude. Love demands discipline, the courage to accustom children to hardship, not to indulge their whims or leave them entirely to their own devices. An atmosphere needs to be maintained in which children feel that they belong to the community and share in its purpose.”
– Universal House of Justice, Ridván Message, 2000
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