A Bell You Shall Be | a meditation for parents is my most popular post to date. This is interesting on several fronts, and most especially because it is closest to my heart and it is profoundly simple. It is not some great intellectual piece, it has zero research to substantiate it, and carries a message that every conscious parent is trying to hear. Here’s an invitation to you to capture the essence and expand on the premise of A Bell You Shall Be. Read the rest of this entry »
When conditions are sufficient, you manifest peace.
My Dearest Children,
It is your nature to reflect reality as-it-is. When conditions are sufficient, you manifest peace. When conditions are insufficient, you manifest ill-ease. Read the rest of this entry »
"Don't say no; Go with the flow." ~ Henry's favorite intention
If feeding love grows happy kids (revisit Feed Love | Grow Happy Kids), then let’s exchange some recipes for love.
One of my favorites is Deepak Chopra’s, The Seven Spiritual Laws for Parents. He takes big, cosmos concepts and states them in 7 simple statements of intention. The idea is that this makes it easy to share with our children. The truth is: this makes it easy for us to learn and then role model to our children. Read the rest of this entry »
“Is Love a Choice?” was a question posed to me several months ago. I reverberated that question to friends and family since then. What intrigues me most is the resistance to accept Love as a choice. It is as if people know the answer in their heart, and want an exception to the rule. Yes, Love is a choice, and I believe it is difficult to accept “Love is a choice” because of the immense responsibility that comes with it. A reasoning mind says, if Love is a choice, then I am responsible for the Love (or lack thereof) in my life. Read the rest of this entry »
Is it possible my children were sent to me to raise me? The last sentence of my last post, gave me a whole new paradigm to contemplate. If the first step to raise my children is to raise myself, then is it fair to induce that my children were sent to me to raise me. Read on if you would like to consider that our children are the teachers of our life lessons. Read the rest of this entry »
Tame the Tiger by Emily
You have heard about the Tiger Mom, and probably gasped with judgment and self-righteousness. That was my initial reflex. With further contemplation, I began to formulate an idea that maybe we all have a little tiger in us. The Tiger Mom may be a bigger tiger than most, or maybe she is just more honest and forthcoming. Conscious parenting is a tool for taming our tiger. Offering unconditional love and acceptance, and honoring the pure potential in our children is conscious parenting. Read the rest of this entry »
Whether the value is known or not, every parent has a trust account with their children. If conscious parenting calls us to awareness with action, then it may be time to read the balance statement of our children’s trust account - is it overdraft or increasing in value? Whatever the current balance, there are mindful steps we can take to plant, restore, and grow trust. Trust can improve the quality of every relationship, and is an essential ingredient to grow a garden of plenty. Read the rest of this entry »
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