Originally Posted by
kmangel 
He seemed to be having a spiritual awakening and I was hopeful for him. What happened is my expectations were getting ahead of life experiences. He was then and still is awakening spiritually but I wanted him to get from A to Z without going through all the letters in between. That's not how life is. We all have our own journey and we can't speed the process up as much as we'd like to do so.
Well put.
I've prayed for my kids (AS and daughter) to embrace spirituality and have come to realize that it is just how you state above...we all have our own journey, etc.
It's helped me to recognize that it took
me a long, long time to finally truly realize the importance of what my parents tried to impart to me when growing up - that includes spirituality and trusting and having faith in my HP. Sadly, it took experiencing the pain of loss and the state of grieving of both those living and those passed on to prompt me to take a second look.