Genuine Love

The responsibility of being a parent; by no means a walk in the park.

By Stanley Collymore

 

Love comes in many forms and manifests itself

in numerous ways; but the best and most

convincing expression of genuine love which

readily springs to mind and that anyone can show to

another person: let alone their own biological son

or daughter apart from asking nothing of them

in return for the love shown to them, is to

strive earnestly and always, even in the

most difficult of circumstances,

to see the good in them.

 

Then by example and constructive

persuasion, but never pretentious or

gratuitous condemnation, ably assist

wherever and whenever possible

in the permanent eradication of any bad

or potential inimical traits that might

bedevil that person’s character;

and doing so in the ongoing

process of seeking to

make him or her a

much better

person. That was the very least I could

afford to do or wanted in your case;

and whether or not I’ve actually

succeeded in doing so, you

alone my son you must

be the judge of that.

 

© Stanley V. Collymore

22 January 2011.