Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.
You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,
which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them,
but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward,
nor tarries with yesterday.
- -Khalil Gibran
Generatii de parinti nu inteleg aceste versuri, aceste fapte, ii enerveaza acest lucru iar majoritatea vor sa isi modeleze copii. Putini isi lasa de bunavoie copii sa zboare liberi ca si pasarile cerului, sa isi urmeze propriile vise. Poate din aceasta inabilitate de a intelege individualitatea a aparut si termenul de " diferenta intre generatii".
Unicitatea oamenilor e faptul ca pot sa viseze, sa gandeasca si sa actioneze individual. Noi visam diferit, gandim diferit, actionam diferit. Aceasta unicitate se afla in sufletul fiecaruia iar greseala de a nu o vedea si a nu o accepta duce la conflicte in relatiile dintre oameni, fie ca e vorba de pariti-copii, fie ca e vorba de alte persoane. Ar trebui sa invatam sa acceptam unicitatea si individualitatea fiecarei persoane!
