Wisdom-to-share

The house was so empty and we had dinner … it was only two of us. It is so hard to be in an empty nest; I always miss my children.  Out of the blue I started to say to my husband,” I miss our babies… I miss our babies …. I miss our babies” Suddenly my husband said, “You are a great mother, you love our children so much but you let them go. You know my friend; he didn't let his children to be far away from him, and the children have to follow the dad’s will. I know how big your love for our children is but you let them go far away from you.” I said, “Our children have their own life and dreams, we can not keep them for our ego. I always want to see them every minute in my life but it is only for the sake of my happiness. They have to chase their dream not follow my will or my desire. My happiness is to see they become what they want to be. Love is a freedom.” That conversation reminded me; in 1986 my husband bought me a small poster said, “If you love someone, set them free.

Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant. Epictetus One day I had a conversation with a friend, he said, “I want my children to be rich. I was poor when I was young and now I want to give them everything”. That was probably a common wish that every parents want to do for their children. The question is; how much money we should give to make them prosper? What if we as parents can not give them prosperity? Money, position and fame are the most wanted things in human life. We might chase after them in our life. When we will stop chasing it and start to enjoy our life, no one knows. It should come from our heart. I realized when I started to think what I wanted to give to my children. Since I couldn’t estimate how much money to give for them, I abandon the idea. My husband shared me a story about his friend, who spent all his family’s money in just a couple months. I imagined the pare