Did you happen to see the season finale of The Conversation? I was truly touched by Gwyneth's comments on parenting {skip to 11:40}. Her wise words totally resonated with me. What really struck me is how she desires to watch her daughter emerge into the person she is and be interested in that alone without judgment or expectations. It sounds rather fabulous to me (as most things do coming from Gwyneth), but I feel I can apply this mindset to my own life. It would be all too easy to pass on my own predispositions of pleasing and pretending so that they might fit into society. But as I know from my own experience, none of that really matters or works out in the end. So maybe I'll just bypass all that BS for them and instead focus on letting them blossom into their true authentic selves. It's a lot happier of an outcome and a much more beautiful journey. And most likely I'll learn a thing or two from them as they view this hard-edged world through innocent eyes.
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