If you surrender completely to the moments as they pass, you live more richly those moments.
Anne Morrow LindberghRead
I am most anxious to give my own children enough love and understanding so that they won't grow up with an aching void in them--like you and I and Harold and Martha. That can never be filled, and one goes around all one's life trying, trying to make up for what one didn't get that was one's birthright, asking the wrong people for it.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote expresses a desire to provide one's children with love and understanding to prevent them from feeling an emptiness in their lives.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh reflects on the importance of nurturing love and understanding in parenting. She highlights the painful experience of seeking fulfillment in life through the love that was missed during childhood, emphasizing that children should be equipped with emotional support to prevent them from enduring similar feelings of emptiness and longing in adulthood.
Themes
LoveUnderstandingChildrenParentingEmotional Support
In practice
Example use cases
In a parenting workshop, a speaker might use this quote to emphasize the importance of emotional nurturing.
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