Short Story: A child is connected to their parents in more ways than just one of flesh, and blood

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Susan Hortel was talking to her college counsellor about her father, who had never gone to college himself, but who had pushed her, his daughter, into doing so. Why did he push her so much to make something more of her life than he had done? He had been a simple clock, and watch repairer, all of his life. The father wanted his daughter to go further than he ever did in life. The old college counsellor, replied simply like this: "The emptiness of anything is only felt when the fullness is being ignored. Embrace the fullness of love, and all emptiness empties out of you then too." "Your father feels empty, but wants to feel his fullness through you." "Often, in life, a child will surpass their parents in their talents, manifesting skills, and talents, apparently not passed onto them by their parents." "In truth though, their parents did always possess these talents themselves, they just did not develop, or act on them, in their own lives. They remained dormant in the parents." "Children, then, are often pushed to be, or to do, that what the parents did not do themselves." "Children then should be grateful to their parents as they often owe their abilities, and talents, to their parents." "The children are empowered by their parents." "This is similar as to how God operates, in that we owe our power to accomplish things in life, and our inherent talents, and inborn gifts, that are inherited from our parents, to God too." "Every soul is connected to every other soul, and of course to God too, but a parent's soul is connected more strongly by bonds of both love, and purpose, to their own children's soul." "Finish your college education, Susan, as remember that a good college education so often is the foundation for a good life too." And so, the counselling session was finished for that day, but the college counsellor did tell Susan to come back and see him, if any other issues developed in her college life here, at this college. Photo Credit: The photo used in this article was sourced from the free media site, pixabay.com Sometimes, talking it out with someone allows us to see past ourselves to underlying truth.