One of the most common reasons people make an estate plan is to protect their children in the rare, unthinkable circumstance where they can no longer be there to do so themselves.  Parents share a desire to see their children on the right path in life with many opportunities and as few obstacles as possible. Speaking with an attorney about getting an estate plan in place is a great way to set this up for your family.

I want to share this excellent poem by Khalil Gibran, On Children. Be a stable bow. Get your estate plan set up today.

Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.

You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,
which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them,
but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.

You are the bows from which your children
as living arrows are sent forth.
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite,
and He bends you with His might
that His arrows may go swift and far.
Let your bending in the archer’s hand be for gladness;
For even as He loves the arrow that flies,
so He loves also the bow that is stable.