It takes a lot of drops in the bucket that makes up a child…some days you’ll make a splash, and others will be just average days…resulting in tiny ripples.
So don’t cloud the bucket with harsh words and poor examples. Don’t muddy the waters with untruths and unclear signs. Don’t taint the bucket with anger and cruelty. Don’t turn the bucket to ice by ignoring or shutting out the child.
Priorities need to have a young one at the top of the list… And remember that drops you contribute will be reflected for the duration…Make it sweet rain and morning dew, ocean’s spray and a tear or two.
Celebrate the slowly filling vessel and the waves and splashes that result. There is but one chance to rightly fill the bucket that is a child, please be kind and purposeful…and you shall be remembered well…as the well from which such sweet waters were drawn…
Dedicated to dedicated teachers such as my friends Pam and Jiggs and Jennifer Marie…
Matthew L Landsman
Matthew Lyle Landsman 
Awesome as usual; thanks for sharing!