We’ve just celebrated Mother’s Day and have, no doubt, emailed, texted, and/or had lunch with the women who brought us into the world and became our first educators. We’ve “praised them with great praise”, which is more than mere sentiment. It expresses the deep roots of life’s meaning.There’s almost something mystical about “mother’s love”. It seems to have remarkable, sustaining power. Again and again, we hear testimonies from people both famous and not so famous declaring the massive life-long impact of their mothers upon their lives. They sometimes seem almost divine in their presence. They are perhaps our foremost influencers.Indeed we hear it said again and again that there is no one who has a more lasting impact on both our individual lives and on the world itself. As my kids might put it, “Mothers rule!”So it’s good that we give a day to honour them. But the greatest honour is to live lives worthy of their love.
