the Greatest Gift
any parent can give a child
is their undivided attention
to be fully present with them
in the moment
even, if only for a moment

the child's greatest goal
is to be acknowledged
not to be told what to do
what not to do...

but it is our inability
to exist in the present
(always chasing the future or caught up in the past)
that prevents the moment from existing

"If you bring your full attention
to any moment, it becomes holy"

Eckhart Tolle