How we see our kids. What we see in our kids. Is like an emotional, psychological tunnel into the past. Remembering, recalling what it was like, when life was a mystery. When everything was new. When our brains were firing to make brand new connections.
And what we see and how we see our kids, might be things we thought we left in the past, things we forgot, maybe things we thought we had overcome. But maybe not so much. And maybe that thing is too much of a reminder of how difficult it is to overcome.
And that tunnel into the past becomes a tunnel into ourselves, how we see ourselves, what we think about ourselves.
But that tunnel should be a revelation, a time to investigate, take stock, embrace awareness. Not another chance to become entrenched, double-down on regret and unchanging.