As part of our foster care certification process, we’ve been asked to read three books and write book reports on them. I know! Book reports?!
It’s not really that bad. They basically want to find out what we’ve learned from said books. As simple as it may be, or as complex as it may be.
In the book I’m trying to finish up now, “Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew,” the author shares some of the special needs adopted children may have.
- I need to be taught that my life narrative began before I was born and that my life is not a mistake
- I need to be taught that in this broken, hurting world, loving families are formed through adoption as well as birth
- I need to be taught that I have intrinsic, immutable value as a human being
- I need to accept the fact that some of my adoption questions will never be answered in this life
As I read this list, I thought — how true to life this is for everyone else as well.
Imagine if we each understood and realized these needs as our needs as well.
What would that do to your psyche?
How would it change you today if you realized that your life narrative began before you were born and that your life is not a mistake?
What would that do to your spirit and soul to realize that YOU have intrinsic, immutable value as a human being?
I hope it excites you like it excites me!
And then take it one step further….
How would it change your attitude today if you believed that about everyone else around you?