Page 158 - Spirit - A Journey Through Embodiment

God knows where it is. It’s where God left it on your path for
you to find.

The sixteen year old, by this stage in its life, be capable of
thinking ahead for itself. It should be feeling the
responsibilities for what must lie ahead, for its own future,
whatever that may be. It should naturally be aware that it has
a responsibility to exist outside of the family ‘nest’ and
specifically individualise its lifestyle to suit its own unique
needs. This might appear to the observer of this individual a
big task for them to undertake, but it is important to remember
that only they know what it is they are in that world for and
what they need to do to service that life that they have chosen.
This knowing is built into their very being and the parent or
carer needs to recognise this and allow the youngster to also
recognise this about themselves. The adults duty to the
children, once the children reach this age, is to gradually retire
from the parental or caring role and gently hand over the
responsibilities that are for their child, back to the now young,
though still naïve, adult. It is also at this time that the teenager
will wonder how it can possibly achieve its career goals.
Again this is the time when the parent adopts the role of
counsellor rather than a parent, a true friend. The adult parent
can outline the options that are available, but must make it
clear that the younger person is the only person who can
really make the decision as to which course of action they
wish to take. There is really only one road for them, their own
road. This road might run alongside others or could head in a
different direction altogether. Some feel they must follow the