There’s a moment, perhaps you’ve felt it, when the breeze brushes through the trees, and the birdsong fills the air—it’s in those quiet spaces that nature offers its wealth. A wealth that can’t be measured by bank accounts or material possessions. It’s the wealth of unconditional love.
For those who have ever shared a bond with an animal, you know this kind of love. A dog’s eager greeting, a cat’s gentle nuzzle, the way a pet seeks comfort in your presence with no expectations, just pure trust and affection. It’s a reminder that love is simple, unfiltered, and always available if we let it be. In their eyes, there’s no judgment, no resentment—just acceptance. It’s the purest form of connection, a wealth that speaks to the soul.
Children, too, are that wealth—a different kind, but one even more precious. Their laughter, their curiosity, their ability to find joy in the smallest of things, all remind us of life’s real treasures. But when that bond is severed, not by natural forces, but by the hands of someone who seeks control or validation, it’s heartbreaking beyond words.
Parental alienation—when one parent manipulates a child to reject the other—is one of the deepest betrayals of love. It’s using a child as a pawn to feed the ego, masking fear, or insecurity, at the expense of a child’s emotional wellbeing. It’s a wound that doesn’t heal easily, if at all.
What makes it even more disheartening is knowing that the child, who once knew only unconditional love, is being taught to hate or fear someone who once held them with the same tenderness nature offers to all its creatures. It goes against the very grain of what love and parenting are about. No child deserves to be caught in the middle, deprived of the wealth of both parents’ love, just to satisfy an adult’s ego.
There’s a deep lesson we can take from nature. A tree doesn’t withhold shade from one person and offer it to another based on preference. Animals don’t love based on power dynamics. They simply love. And in that simplicity, we are reminded of what is truly valuable: connection, presence, and unconditional love.
Just as nature’s wealth is abundant and unwavering, so too should the love between parents and children remain untouched by the pettiness of ego. That’s where real wealth lies—in preserving the bond, in nurturing it, and in letting love, not control, be the guiding force.
