CMP Review 2025-04-16

April 16, 2025

Ten years ago I wrote this in my journal and rediscovered it the other day:

The boys and I were playing “paper world” when Luca exclaimed, “I feel like everything I ever wanted in life I have at this very moment!”

I asked what he meant, eager to know how his desires had been fulfilled.

“I’ve got it all. A big glass of water, my markers and paper, but, most of all, my mom is playing with me!”

As parents, we want to give our children the best of everything. All they really want is the best of ourselves.

“We talk of lost ideals, but perhaps they are not lost, only changed; when our ideal for ourselves and for our children becomes limited to prosperity and comfort, we get these, very likely, for ourselves and for them, but we get no more.” CM, Vol. 3, p. 83.

@rbaburina