Yesterday's blog about fathers and sons got me to thinking about the bond between mothers and their children....about how very powerful that instinct is to nurture, to look after and to see to the survival of the next generation. I am even told that some mother birds will sit on a nest of chicks and allow herself to be eaten, rather than abandon the warm eggs
It seems to be another of those 'permanent line' inbuilt influences that has ensured the survival of life over the millenia. You could say in the world of nature, it is an automatic instinct ...and my mind has to say, WOW, that is some automatic instinct and wonder what intelligence lies behind such a great drive!!
It got me to thinking too about how that plays out in our own human world ....and how much more creative mothers ( and fathers!!) can be in exercising their parental duties.....other qualities start to come to mind like love, warmth, kindness, selflessness, care and the list goes on and on....
What kind of civilisations would we have fallen heir to without that steady, generation upon generation, ongoing love of mothers and fathers to their offspring?And we are not just talking here about survival, but about a real refinement of life in all manner of ways.
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