Quote:In a world where there's no scientific proof of God's existence and of life after death how will you explain to your children why you brought them into the world and why they will have to die?
Like this:
'Look round you, dear. See the sky? See the trees? See all the people? THIS is why your mum and I brought you into the world - it's exciting and wonderful and scary, all at the same time and we wanted someone to share it with. But the world is also full of mysteries that need to be figured out, and to do that, we need all the help we can get.
No, sweet one, no one lasts forever. Remember how the leaves turn colour in the autumn and die, but how new leaves come every spring? Everything alive has to do that, to make room for more living things. There will come a time when Mummy and Daddy won't be here anymore, but - in a sense - we will be alive in you, just as you will be alive in your own kids.'
It may not be perfect, but it's a damned sight better than, 'If you don't be good, the man in the sky will set you on fire.'
Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
