I just read this on Quora and it resonated. I tell my children, grandchildren and great grandchildren all the time that I am so proud of who they are. I sincerely hope they understand I do not do this to motivate them to act the way I want them to act, but as encouragement for them to follow the paths they sincerely want to pursue.
It is hard as a parent to watch your child leave the nest and go their own direction. It would be worse if you watched them go the direction you pushed them, not the one they wanted to go.