Canadians get most passionate when it comes to election time for our neighbors. We are much more enthused and opinionated about this election than our own. I may have a limited circle of friends, but it seems to me that we are also most united when casting our vote for our neighbors! From our northern perspective up here, the election should certainly be a landslide for one of the leaders. We are all clear about it! Tonight we are all huddled around our televisions in tense companionship with you friends to the south.
We are much less certain and much more subdued for our own elections. Here at home it feels more complicated and much less exciting.
As a parent, I also find it more exciting to try to direct the lives of my children than my own. Somehow the decisions they have to make seem very clear to me. I am often quite certain about the directions they must go!
I want to learn to listen more carefully and to understand the complexities of the hearts of others. We all do deeply impact one another, but making important decisions is always more difficult and multifaceted when they belong to us.
When it comes to my children, I do want to stand with you in excited and passionate companionship for the decisions that you must make. Ultimately, though, I must stand back and trust you to seek your own hearts for the decisions that are best for you. I may not agree, but the only vote that I can really cast in this life is my own.
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