Good families -even great families- are off track 90% of the time! The key is that they have a sense of destination. They know what the “plan” looks like. And they keep coming back to it time and time again.It’s like the flight of an airplane. Before the plane takes off, the pilots have a flight plan.

They know exactly where they’re going and start off in accordance with their plan. But during the course of the flight, wind, rain, turbulence, air traffic, human error, and other factors act upon that plane. They move it slightly in different directions so that most of the time that plane is not even on the prescribed flight path! Throughout the entire trip there are slight deviations from the flight plan.

The hope lies not in the deviations but in the vision, the plan, and the ability to get back on track. The flight of that airplane is an ideal metaphor for family life. With regard to families, it doesn’t make any difference if they’re off target or even if the family are a mess. The hope lies in the vision and in the plan and in the courage to keep coming back time and time again.

The Heart Company has a vision of a supportive structure for parents.

We know how hard parenting can be sometimes!