I have been catching up with episodes of Big Scottish Book club recently. On one of them, Miriam Margolyes says that the best gift a parent can give a child is love. This happened on exactly the same day that I received a Christmas card from my Aunt telling me that she loves me very much and it got me thinking about the truth behind the statement.
I think that love is the most important gift that a parent can give a child; more than financial security, material wealth, adventure, anything really is love.
It is a gift that you need to keep giving all ones life, it doesn’t stop when the child becomes an adult.. in some ways it is more important at this stage.
If a person feels loved then suddenly they realise they can do anything. It doesn’t matter what other people around them might think, say or do because they know, no matter what, they will be loved for just being them. It means that the person doesn’t need to search to find love from anyone else, if it comes along that’s brilliant but they don’t need it, like a hunger, to exist. It then means that the person doesn’t have to compromise in any way but can stay true to themselves and, thereby finding a love eventually that is true to themselves too.
In a world where divorce is so rife, knowing that you are loved no matter what has never been more important. If you know you are loved you then have the ability to shower those around you with love too and we all know that there can never be enough love in the world.
