At a bridal shower, two of the guests brought their babies — not the screaming ones, the sweet and adorable ones. As host, I watched as 20 women with different backgrounds and personalities also became sweet and adorable!
Babies, particularly our own, bring out our heroics. I have seen moms and dads do what they didn’t know they could do. The gruff learn to talk “baby.” The anal learn to handle mess. I thought for sure one of my tablecloths would be done in by strawberries and chocolate, but it didn’t matter.
Babies reach beyond our superficial exteriors (driven by our egos and insecurities) to what’s inside. And what’s inside all of us is the same.
I observed 20 women demonstrate an unconditional acceptance of the babies that they may not have been ready to demonstrate toward the other women at the shower! The conclusion: Babies are good therapy!
This is not news. You have likely watched as a baby melted everybody’s heart at a doctor’s office or a family reunion. And surely God knowingly planned for babies to remain a part of our lives.
The take-away: Apply the same caring and tolerance that we have for babies to everybody else!… More
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