Raising children is all-consuming. (Myth) Truth: Raising children is an extension of yourself.

Many have great concerns that raising children is all-consuming, will devour their lives and destroy their independence. Feelings of claustrophobia envelope them when they think of all of the responsibility parenthood entails. They cherish their freedom and cavalier existence.

The truth is: raising children is an extension of yourself. Just as the universe is always expanding, we too, as part of this great universe, expand. Parenthood is a high calling to expand your greatness. We expand in many ways obviously; i.e. physically, intellectually, spiritually and in the case of parenting… the combination of all three.

The physical expansion? Well, there are at least two of you now, right? Intellectual expansion? Parenthood can sharpen you up REAL quick! Spiritually? I’m lumping the emotions in here with the spiritual because they are quite related; no greater love exists than the love felt in the family unit. The emotions literally swell into the spirit and renders one helpless with unconditional love and the glitter of divinity.

When the high of all that levels off, you are thrilled to be consumed by it. You can scarcely remember what you life was like before. You’re bigger, fuller, deeper and are now literally, as someone once said, “watching your heart walk around outside your body”. It’s a profound experience. It calls you to be the BEST you you could possibly be. An experience that, though challenging, makes you happy and proud you are equal to the task.

Are you ready for raising children?