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Wow! Thanks for taking the risk and sharing what's been on your heart, Sher!!!! Outstanding post!

I think you hit on something important here. At a metaphysical level, I would argue we have children because "love is diffusive of itself." The loving desire to share the gift of life is naturally written into that troubled heart of yours. Of course there are all sorts of scary things in the world, but in themselves those shouldn't stop you from responding to that call. Our ancestors had much more going against them. We've got it pretty easy.

So many of the posts in this thread just come off sounding like whining:

"Oh, there are some crappy people out there who look down their noses at me just because I don't have children."

Well, yeah ... so what? That is really crappy of them, isn't it? There are crappy people who will judge you for all sorts of dumb reasons. We're human beings, and we LOVE to judge people who aren't exactly like us: they have no children; they have too many children; they're fatter than me; they're skinnier than me; they're balder than me; they're hairier than me; they have BO; they wear too much cologne ... and on and on and on.

Don't worry about what others think. Trust that small voice, Sheri. It won't be easy, that's about the only guarantee anyone can give. But love isn't supposed to be easy. Love isn't a feeling, it's a conscious, deliberate choice to commit yourself to willing the good of another. Keep up the great posts!

You're in my thoughts!!!!!!!

<blockquote data-quote="jpw.in.wi" data-source="post: 71615" data-attributes="member: 1454">Wow! Thanks for taking the risk and sharing what&#039;s been on your heart, Sher!!!! Outstanding post!I think you hit on something important here. At a metaphysical level, I would argue we have children because &quot;love is diffusive of itself.&quot; The loving desire to share the gift of life is naturally written into that troubled heart of yours. Of course there are all sorts of scary things in the world, but in themselves those shouldn&#039;t stop you from responding to that call. Our ancestors had much more going against them. We&#039;ve got it pretty easy.So many of the posts in this thread just come off sounding like whining:&quot;Oh, there are some crappy people out there who look down their noses at me just because I don&#039;t have children.&quot;Well, yeah ... so what? That is really crappy of them, isn&#039;t it? There are crappy people who will judge you for all sorts of dumb reasons. We&#039;re human beings, and we LOVE to judge people who aren&#039;t exactly like us: they have no children; they have too many children;&nbsp; they&#039;re fatter than me; they&#039;re skinnier than me; they&#039;re balder than me; they&#039;re hairier than me; they have BO; they wear too much cologne ... and on and on and on.Don&#039;t worry about what others think. Trust that small voice, Sheri. It won&#039;t be easy, that&#039;s about the only guarantee anyone can give. But love isn&#039;t supposed to be easy. Love isn&#039;t a feeling, it&#039;s a conscious, deliberate choice to commit yourself to willing the good of another. Keep up the great posts!You&#039;re in my thoughts!!!!!!!<img src="http://www.ndparents.org/images/Cute-Baby.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="jpw.in.wi, post: 71615, member: 1454"] [B]Wow![/B] Thanks for [B]taking the risk[/B] and sharing what's been on your heart, Sher!!!! [B]Outstanding post![/B] I think you hit on something important here. At a metaphysical level, I would argue [B]we have children because "[U]love is diffusive of itself[/U]."[/B] The loving desire to [B]share the gift of life[/B] is naturally written into that [B]troubled heart of yours[/B]. Of course there are all sorts of scary things in the world, but in themselves those shouldn't stop you from responding to that call. Our ancestors had much more going against them. [B]We've got it pretty easy.[/B] So many of the posts in this thread just come off sounding like [B][U]whining[/U][/B]: [B][I]"Oh, there are some [U]crappy people[/U] out there who look down their noses at me just because I don't have children."[/I][/B] Well, yeah ... so what? That [B][I]is[/I][/B] really crappy of them, isn't it? There are [B]crappy people who will judge you[/B] for all sorts of dumb reasons. We're human beings, and [B]we LOVE to judge people[/B] who aren't exactly like us: [I]they have no children; they have too many children; they're fatter than me; they're skinnier than me; they're balder than me; they're hairier than me; they have BO; they wear too much cologne ... and on and on and on.[/I] Don't worry about what others think. [B][U]Trust[/U] that small voice, Sheri.[/B] [B]It won't be easy[/B], that's about the only [B]guarantee[/B] anyone can give. But love isn't supposed to be easy.[B] Love isn't a feeling, it's a [U]conscious[/U], [U]deliberate choice[/U] to [U]commit[/U] yourself to [U]willing the good of another[/U].[/B] Keep up the great posts! You're in my thoughts!!!!!!! [CENTER][IMG]http://www.ndparents.org/images/Cute-Baby.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]

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