Mother's Path of Life

蝶舞

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     For those lucky to still be blessed with your Mom
     this is beautiful. For those of you who aren't, this
     is even more beautiful. For those who are moms,
     you'll love this

  *
     The young Mother set her foot on the path of life.
     "Is this the long way?" she asked. And the guide
     said: "Yes, and the way is hard. And you will be old
     before you reach the end of it. But the end will be
     better than the beginning."
   *
     But the young Mother was happy, and she would not
     believe that anything could be better than these
     years. So she played with her children, and gathered
     flowers for them along the way, and bathed them in
     the clear streams; and the sun shone on them, and
     the young Mother cried, "Nothing will ever be
     lovelier than this."
   *
     Then the night came, and the storm, and the path
     was dark, and the children shook with fear and cold,
     and the mother drew them close and covered them with
     her mantle, and the children said, "Mother, we are
     not afraid, for you are near, and no harm can come."
     And the morning came, and there was a hill ahead,
     and the children climbed and grew weary, and the
     mother was weary. But at all times she said to the
     children," A little patience and we are there." So
     the children climbed, and when they reached the top
     they said, "Mother, we would not have done it
     without you."
   *
     And the Mother, when she lay down at night looked up
     at the stars and said, "This is a better day than
     the last, for my children have learned fortitude in
     the face of hardness. Yesterday I gave them courage.
     Today, I have given them strength."
   *
     And the next day came strange clouds which
     darkened the earth, clouds of war and hate and evil,
     and the children groped and stumbled, and the Mother
     said: "Look up. Lift your eyes to the light." And
     the children looked and saw above the clouds an
     everlasting glory, and it guided them beyond the
     darkness. And that night the Mother said, "This is
     the best day of all, for I have shown my children
     God."
   *
     And the days went on, and the weeks and the months
     and the years, and the Mother grew old and she was
     little and bent. But her children were tall and
     strong, and walked with courage. And when the way
     was rough, they lifted her, for she was as light as
     a feather; and at last they came to a hill, and
     beyond they could see a shining road and golden
     gates flung wide. And the Mother said: "I have
     reached the end of my journey. And now
     I know the end is better than the beginning, for
     my children can walk alone, and their children after
     them."
   *
     And the children said, "You will always walk with
     us, Mother, even when you have gone through the
     gates." And they stood and watched her as she went
     on alone, and the gates closed after her. And they
     said: "We cannot see her, but she is with us still.
     A mother like ours is more than a memory. She is a
     living presence."
   *
     Your Mother is always with you. She's the whisper of
     the leaves as you walk down the street; she's the
     smell of bleach in your freshly laundered socks;
     she's the cool hand on your brow when you're not
     well. Your Mother lives inside your laughter. And
     she's crystallized in every teardrop.
   *
     She's the place you came from, your first home; and
     she's the map you follow with every step you take.
     She's your first love and your first heartbreak, and
     nothing on earth can separate you.. Not time, not
     space...not even death!

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