Passed It On

Robert Raines tells a beautiful story about a young man named David who left home for the first time. From the age of seven he had lived with his uncle and aunt, who sold fruit at a peddler’s stand. They loved and cared for him. He stood on the train platform getting ready to leave. He grabbed the rough hands of this peddler uncle and said, “How can I ever begin to repay you for what you’ve done for me!”

His uncle spoke: “David, there’s a saying, ‘The love of parents goes to the children, but the love of these children goes to their children’.”

”But, David protested: “That’s not so.  I’ll always be trying to …”

And then the aunt interrupted, “David, what your Uncle Asher means is that her parent’s love isn't to be paid back; it can only be passed on.”