That’s a lot of apples!
August 24, 2010 by admin
Filed under Note From Karen
That’s a lot of apples!
I write in this week’s article about how the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
Of course, whenever I use that statement I’m making it in reference to my parents and how I carry on many of their traits – good and bad.
Two weeks ago my Mom had a fall and broke her hip and her tenacity through this process is still and always a marvel to me. If there was only one trait I could have of my Mom’s – that would be it.
Tenacity comes to be very useful when things go south in your job, business, relationships or otherwise.
If you could pick only one of your parents traits to carry on – what would it be? Then, if they’re still around, go and appreciate them for it. I know I’ll be doing that!
Hi Karen
Like your mom, tenacity was my fathers main trait.
Something I did not recognize nor appreciate when he was alive.
My mother was blessed with wisdom..the old fashioned common sense down to earth kind , patience and above all ..kindness.
I wish I had a small amount of what they offered, however I have taken with me what i could.
Hi Karen,
, coming just like an apple from a tree, the bark as our parents and ancestors. Imagine if we were the apple, most of us want to get out of our stem because maybe we feel that our stem (parents) limitates us or would not let us grow. We want to live our own lives, different from our parents, thinking to make it better than them…So, as a liberated, independent apple, one would say:”Hey, I’ll separate and I’ll ripen alone in a sunny place, with other nicer fruits. I’ll be ripe and I’ll be a special apple!”. Will it be a better apple if it ripens somewhere else?
I like and appreciate your newsletter very much!
I love the picture of the apple tree and the apples on the ground. It reminds me too about my parents. I believe we all are children (even we are adults and 60 years old
It’s a nice idea from that apple but I believe parents are very important to each of us, they are the bark or pillar that make us strong inside. It is where nurture and life comes from and makes an apple strong and beautiful. And if the apple accepts its love, it will be a very sweet one!
I thank, appreciate and honour my parent no matter what. It is wonderful to know that you also think the same way
Take care,
Ruby
First, many prayers and good healing vibes to your Mother and her hip.
The trait I’d like to have, let alone carry on, is whatever it was my Dad had to where he could make everything work out just fine. Every time. No worries. Rarely did things fall apart or become chaotic, and he was the essence of calm certainty. (Mother was the opposite–a whirlwind of loud, frantic chaos and worry. Yet she called *him* the worry wart. LOL)
Somehow, Dad just knew how to make things fall into place. It wasn’t dramatic–he didn’t win the lottery or do anything huge like that. He just knew how to make difficult things work out. His motto was: “the difficult can be done; the impossible just takes a little longer”. I could use a triple boost of his ability to do that right about now.
Mum’s unconditional love, ability to be non-judgemental, and to live simply and happliy (sure she’s human and has lots of traits). I’m grateful that she shows me how seemless these are. I also know that Mum is a mirror for me – what I see in her I also have these qualities in myself.
Best wishes, Barbs
ps love the photo – the light and colour is beautiful.