Do not ask your children 
to strive for extraordinary lives.
Such striving may seem admirable, 
but it is the way of foolishness.

Help them instead to find the wonder 
and the marvel of an ordinary life.
Show them the joy of tasting 
tomatoes, apples and pears.
Show them how to cry 
when pets and people die.
Show them the infinite pleasure 
in the touch of a hand.
And made the ordinary come alive for them.
The extraordinary will take care of itself.

(W. Martin)