Mindful Parenting is a contemplative practice through which we become more mindful of our children and, in doing so, experience a more joyful life.
The Morning Sip: Your Child in
Every Step
The Morning Cup will begin to incorporate more mindful
parenting verses for daily contemplation. Reprinted below is
a verse initially published earlier this year.
Today's
tip will center on a powerful mindful parenting verse that can be
recited many times throughout the day:
With every step I take
My child's heart beats.
As the day progresses, we can forget
about the marvelous presence of our child in our lives. The
excitement or concerns of the day overwhelm the more subtle awareness
of our child that, like a flickering flame, brightens and dims.
Were
we able to hold our child in more fully in awareness, as we went about
the day, deep feelings of joyfulness would be enhanced.
This
verse can be recited every time you take a step. Whether walking
to the office, to an important meeting, into a confrontation, to meet
someone for lunch, to the courthouse, in the park, or to your car
or onto a bus.
Whatever you may be doing, you can let your
footsteps open awareness to your child by allowing each footfall to
echo with your child's heartbeat. Sense each beat as you place
each foot onto the earth.
The Mindful Parent is an organization devoted to sharing with
parents and other child caregivers ways in which to enhance the many
joys of parenting. By mindfully attending to our children, both
when we are physically present with them and when we are physically
separated from them, we can enhance our sense of connection to them
and, in turn, our connection to the cosmos. This makes us a
better parent, a happier person, and a more vital human being.
To
facilitate a more mindful approach to parenting, The Mindful Parent
publishes on its website, and in its bi-weekly
newsletter, mindful
parenting
verses and commentaries. The Mindful Parent website
also serves as a community forum that encourages and supports a mindful
parenting dialogue and the sharing of mindful parenting experiences.
In
the spirit of developing a mindful parenting community, we encourage
you to
submit a mindful parenting experience through verse,
commentary, and imagery to share with others. We believe that
through our collective experience, we can help each other develop
a deeper and more meaningful mindful parenting practice.
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everyone who has contributed or is considering making this very compassionate
contribution.
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