What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly

     Thomas Paine wrote familiar words about the value of freedom.  Consider how the same sentiments apply to parenting: 

      "The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.  What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value.  Heaven knows how to put a proper price on its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as [healthy, happy children] should not be highly rated." (as quoted by H. Wallace Goddard in Soft-Spoken Parenting)

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. 

May we learn how to turn our conflicts into triumphs...it's a divine pursuit.

Love,
Alison