“Do to others what you would want them to do to you.”
-Luke 6:31
One of the best quotes of parenting advice I know goes something like, “Treat your own children as you would your best friend’s children.”
I have a lot of children in my life. I may do the most for my own, but I also treat them the worst.
I’m getting better. I’m treating myself more kindly. It gives me the capacity to treat my sons more lovingly.
That’s the forgotten observation of the verse from Luke. Others often treat us better than we treat ourselves. Loved ones, and even strangers, will forgive us and extend us grace for indiscretions that keep us up at night.
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