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life skills.

we teach our children how to count money but not about self-worth. we teach them how to tell time but not how to read energy. we explain what is owed but not how to receive.

when we do this, they look to acquire valuable things in place of understanding the inherent value within. when daily life and ticking countdowns reinforce the idea that time is scarce, the allure of stealing energy through substances and manipulation becomes harder to resist. when we raise children to be more attuned to external demands than to internal truths, we give them over to the wolves.

it’s ok.

it’s ok when kids have to un-lost themselves; that’s how many adults have learned to find their way. it’s ok when kids think they have to chase after the butterflies of their desires; that’s how many of us have come to realize that stillness and palms open were the safety that we and our blessings needed to come together. it’s ok when kids learn to abandon themselves; it’s so much more difficult to part with buried treasure that we ourselves have had to unearth over decades.