Did anyone ever tell you?

Did anyone ever tell you that having a child can cause you the worst heartache you have experienced? Worse than any of your most heart wrenching breakups? On the other hand, mothers seem to have the unlimited capacity to forgive. I have caused this heartache to my own mother. Both of my sisters have caused our mother this heartache. She has forgiven all of us. I have experienced this heartache from my own daughter. The pain is fresh. I still love her. I always will. I already forgive her. I just hope that with time, she will forgive me. I miss her, more than I can ever express.

Why?

Why is it that the younger generation always chooses to repeat mistakes from the past? Mistakes that most adults as a whole have already made? Do they think that they won't make the same mistakes? Do they think they have a better way? Probably.

They seem to think that just because they are 18 (or 19 or 20) that they are an adult. Chronological age doesn't make you an adult. Experience and life's lessons make you an adult. With being an adult comes a certain responsibility. When you are an adult, you take care of yourself. You pay your own bills.

It’s much more than money though. Most youngsters see it as being “free”, but it’s a trade off. To be free, you need to be independent; to be independent, you need to be able to support yourself; to support yourself, you need to work. In order to work, you give up some of your freedom.

Will they ever learn? Yes, but the hard way.