The rhythm
of the authentic, soul-based, inner-grounded life is
slow and unworried.
In it we step outside of time,
outside of the panicked cravings
to achieve,
to overcome,
and to win,
and outside of the desire
to control
ourselves and others.
Here there is time for real learning.
Here we can
trust our children
to grow and to learn at their own pace.
Here we can refuse “the world” and
attend to our souls.
Here we can let go of
an anxious,
future-fearing
mode of parenting
that demands we sacrifice our children’s present
for some vaguely threatening future
in which
they and we will come up short.
And here,
sometimes ironically,
our minds find
fertile ground for new growth.
Quote from Guerilla Learning: How to Give Your Kids a Real Education With or Without School by Grace Llewellyn and Amy Silver (p. 106) [emphasis mine].