A story was told to me a few nights ago about two brothers and their love for each other.
This is a story of hope and love led by example of the most unfiltered, precious, and discerning people on the planet- children.
Parents tend to boast about their children’s Western accomplishments. Various awards are given out for excellence in academics, sports, and the arts. We all know, or are guilty ourselves, of bragging about physical attributes of our children. How many of us have spouted off the growth chart percentiles of our children, even knowing the chart itself is BS? We are a society driven on competition, and we teach this to our children at a young age.
However, this video reminded me that my children could grow up to be the most handsome, rich, and wise men on the planet, but without empathy and compassion for others, they will have nothing.
My boys, of course, are empathetic and loving people, but this was a reminder to always keep the main focus of life about love. Western achievements fall short of the big picture.
Don’t believe me? Watch the video below.
I am bawling. Children are amazing. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you so much for posting this. What a beautifully, inspiring story. My kids will be watching this as soon as I can compose my tears!
BTW, I wanted to share with you a pro-breastfeeding post I wrote on my blog. Hope you don’t mind that you were one of the names I mentioned along with my facebook friend Katie who got harassed at LACMA. Thank you for continuing to stand up for what you feel is right. From one breastfeeding mother to another, thank you.
http://mytalesfromthecrib.blogspot.com/2012/05/what-is-facebook-so-afraid-of.html
Thank you so much for sharing this with us! What a beautiful message and sobering reminder for us all.
Oh man. Lovely. I am hanging out for the day my 2 year old realises how freaking cool it is to have a little sister. Nothing like siblings, and this is such a wonderful representation of that.
before even seeing the video that you posted under what you wrote, i KNEW which video it would be. i saw these boys and their story many months ago as i live in australia and it was on 60 minutes here—–SO INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!!! nothing like this. and nothing like teaching this to our own children. so incredible!
Thanks for making me cry, I needed that
beautiful, moving, and inspiring. thank you for sharing.