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I have more sympathy for a murderer than a self-centered parent.

It was about noon when my wife and I pulled through McDonald’s to get lunch for our two boys.

They were moody. They were hungry.

Erica and I had missed breakfast that morning as it was a rush just to get out of the door.

We were starving.

Sacrifice At McDonald’s

 As we pulled up to order, we counted our cash. There was seven dollars and some change. Our check cards were worthless. We didn’t have anything in our accounts. Its impossible for four hungry people to eat off seven dollars at McDonald’s. The boys got happy meals; we shared a dollar chicken sandwich.

The food was gone in a matter of minutes and we were back on the road. Erica started to tell me about a story she heard a few days before. A woman was raising three children from her deceased husband’s previous relationship. The real mother didn’t want the children. They hindered her lifestyle.

She as a parent wanted to be free.

Drive Home With Baggage

On the drive home, I concerned myself about selfish parents. It is fair to say that every parent who puts their desires ahead of their child’s well-being is polluting the world. The child might end up a good person, but he or she will have emotional baggage for the rest of their life.

 Baggage that she didn’t create. 

Everyone that a self-centered person runs into will be victimized.

I am not talking about small acts of selfishness that every person goes through from time to time, but someone who lives this way as a perception of life. Their every decision is determined by pleasure. If I be nice to this person, what will I get?

If this person has to suffer so that I can enjoy life, then I don’t mind.

Our Commitment To Love

We finally got home later that afternoon. The boys were ready for naps so we put them to bed. I was thankful because I needed some rest.

I laid down my oldest son into his bed and watched him for a minute. It made me think of all the poor children who do not know love because of selfish parents.

All of us who don’t know love because of our own parents. 

Its funny how your own children brings compassion into your life for the rest of the world. It broke my heart. I prayed to God and made a commitment to my boys that I will always try to put them ahead of myself. Afterwards, I gently pulled the blanket to their shoulders.

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