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From the Archives
Friday June 4, 2004
The Morning Sip: Speak From The Heart
 
You may often express loving speech to your child.  But how often is the speech spoken out of habit?  How often is it spoken from a state of deep mindfulness?  When our loving speech becomes a creature of habit, we lose touch with the extraordinary potential that the moment holds.
 
Today, almost as if it were a game you were playing, reverse the words in a loving sentence.  For example, say, "you love I," instead of "I love you."  When you receive a curious look, follow up with, "much very you love I."  Draw upon those expressions with which you are comfortable.
 
The additional time it takes to reconstruct the sentence opens up a level of awareness otherwise lost.  It is a glimmer of the awareness that is the jewel of the practice of mindful parenting.
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