Take time today to remember that your children also have a heavenly Mother and Father who are as concerned about them as you.  You are the channel used to bring the child into life, but you are not the only force guiding that life.  We can become so preoccupied with what we "should have" done that we forget how much we are doing.  We can be so absorbed with what is "wrong" with our children that we miss what is right.  The fear over their or our failure prohibits our giving them what they need to succeed.  Today, focus on the goodness that exists in children!  There are things they do well and things they will learn to do better.  Know that you cannot fix your children and you cannot plan their lives.  What you can do is guide, support, nurture and love them, with all you have, in the best way you can.  Once you've done that, know that the heavenly Mother and heavenly Father want as much if not more for them than you do.

  --  Iyanla Vanzant