Quote by June Jordan

To rescue our children we will have to let them save us from the power we embody: we will have to trust the very difference that they forever personify. And we will have to allow them the choice, without fear of death: that they may come and do likewise or that they may come and that we will follow them, that a little child will lead us back to the child we will always be, vulnerable and wanting and hurting for love and for beauty.

To rescue our children we will have to let them save us from

Summary

This quote expresses the idea that in order to protect and guide our children, we must allow them to teach us about the power of their unique perspectives and experiences. We should trust and embrace the differences they bring, without fear of our own vulnerability. It emphasizes the importance of giving children the freedom to make choices and the potential for them to inspire and lead us towards rediscovering our own childlike qualities of innocence and longing for love and beauty.

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