How much better would our communities be if we all sought and followed the counsel and advice of the mothers, grandmothers, and other elder women in our lives? We are missing out on their years of experience. Think of the collective wisdom of the experienced women on this earth. If the youth, if young parents, if governments and kings would humbly listen to and abide by the instruction of wise experienced women, true and lasting healing would finally take place on this earth.

The most beautiful part is that mothers, grandmothers and other experienced women don’t resent imparting their wisdom. They don’t have to force themselves to offer help. It is who they are.

Victor Hugo is said to have written, “She broke the bread into two fragments and gave them to her children, who ate with eagerness. ‘She hath kept none for herself,’ grumbled the sergeant.

“‘Because she is not hungry,’ said a soldier.

“‘No,’ said the sergeant, ‘because she is a mother.’”