Children Know You Very Well

Whether it's a jungle or human habitat Within the world may not look so vast And so confusing to an eye of a child as to us If we were to dive deep Into the ocean of wisdom And fetch our children The one most valuable pearl For their golden future, For strong and independent youths Perfectly understandable To handle the challenges of the world Is practise what you want them to learn Be what you want them to be Do what you want them to do Besides practising most important human values As true compassion, Karma and truthfulness And hypocrisy shall serve you to little purpose Practise pretense and you do so at your own peril Teach them to be religious and spiritual Without it being too overpowering and confusing Teaching rituals or preaching religion Will somehow give our children strength and conviction For it's an integral part of any culture But there is more to life Than cramming religious texts or stories Spirituality can't be taught It can only be practised It can only ever be learned Nothing teaches like experience Don't tell, show and lecture Practise, don't preach If you are truth They will follow you They are your children after all They know you very well They observe They assimilate They absorb They follow