Raising Children In God's Will (114) Chapter 2. Children's Love and Parents' Love Section 4. Love of Parents
2) The Heart of Parents Rises Above Time and Space - 1
I think you have seen in the movies, even in this fallen world, when a father and son separate. Still, years later, they get to see each other by some chance.
So, isn't it the duty of parents to overcome the pain and try to search for their son? The child doesn't understand it, so he doesn't know about it.
So when you think about these things, when the parents finally get to meet their son who is now 50, would they say to him, "Didn't you ever think of me, not even once until now?"
Or would they say, "Let's talk about the past days."? History makes you overcome these things. What rises above history? A deep heart. A deep heart makes you overcome your personal problems.
When the son recognizes his father, he forgets about his pride and runs to him calling, "Father." Dignity and appearance we can live without. The parents and children will call each other's name out loud and would hold each other. Isn't that so?
Or would the parents say, "Wait a minute, let's think about it first."? Would they say, "Now you must think over the hardships you gave us while we were raising you."?
Would the parents say to their child, "Since we have shed many tears while searching for you, you must do the same before seeing us?"
They overcome all of this. The thing that makes the parents overcome these things is not the children nor the circumstances.
The only thing that makes the parents overcome these problems is the parents' heart, their love towards their children. Only this power of love can rise above history. Nobody can deny this. (61-28)
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