DAILY GRATITUDE ROOTS AND WINGS

I am grateful to Johann Wolfgang von Göethe 
Who wrote this maxim….
and for all the truth it brings:

There are only two lasting bequests 
we can hope to give our children:
One of these is roots
the other one is wings.
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