It seems to me that motherhood is a state of being that encompasses a lifelong committment to learning, understanding, loving, guiding, and nurturing another soul throughout that soul's journey on Earth. Unlike many human relationships, the relationships between mothers and their children lack even the expectation of reciprocity. Mothers generously give of themselves. They are fully invested in their children, and it is an altruistic endeavor.
I think I am most fascinated by this because mothers are human. They are flawed. They have their own journeys and struggles. They have complex histories and hopeful futures. Mothers have to simultaneously live life and impart instructions for living. Often children lack awareness of and compassion for this feat. Often we forget that mothers are people; they are neither superhumans nor demigods.
And this is the truly remarkable thing.
As flawed and messy as humanity is and, by extension, mothers are, they still possess this incredibly deep capacity for love, generosity, connection, compassion, teaching, and a myriad of other beautiful, divine things. It is a joy to witness, and I hope it brings you so much continued joy in your motherhood experience. This Mother's Day please channel even an ounce of that love, generosity, and compassion towards yourself. You deserve it.
Happy Mother's Day! Thank you for being a good human and raising good humans.
