One
evening, when I was yet in my nurse's arms, I wanted to touch the tea urn,
which was boiling merrily … My nurse would have taken me away from the urn, but
my mother said "Let him touch it." So I touched it – and that was my
first lesson in the meaning of liberty.
~ John Ruskin (1819-1900), The Story
of Arachne, 1870
Psalm 22:27-28: “All the ends of the world shall remember and turn to the Lord, and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. For the kingdom is the Lord's, and he ruleth among the nations.”
2 comments:
Oh yeah. Definitely one I would have stopped, myself. But a good quote and lesson!
It's a great lesson, Linda. Modern society spends too much time trying to protect kids from the world, instead of exposing it to them via life lessons. As a result, kids grow up with no idea whatsoever what life is like.
The real world doesn't come bubble-wrapped, and it's a mistake for us as parents to protect our children from the things which are out there. Rather, we should teach them about it, and how to avoid the pitfalls.
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