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: Father's Day:
Allow Yourself To Be Showered With Love
Today is Father's Day.
This can be a day when the whole family becomes a bit more thoughtful
-- a bit more mindful. Children are making and buying gifts
and cards. Wives and partners and friends are working to make
the day a bit more special. Grandparents and other relatives
a generation up experience a special joy.
As parents, it is a
wonderful thing when our child's actions and gestures are explicitly
directed toward making us happy and showing love and appreciation.
It fills us with joy.
The practice of mindful parenting
opens awareness to the source of that joy. Joyfulness abounds even
when our day to day lives are not quite so "perfect" as Father's
Day. Today, let us be mindful of the day's events. We
may come to see it in a different light. If we do, we are
able to bring something new and remarkable with us into our daily
routine. Special days like these are filled with loose gemstones.
My
wonderful child
Fills
me with love
Where
was the love before my child?
Recite this verse when your child
does something nice for you today. Of course, there is no answer
to the question, but pondering it opens awareness to the heart
of your child's love and to your connection with your child.
Above
all, during those times when your child is taking care to shower you
with affection, be there to be showered upon. The following
verse can help open you to these wonderful moments.
With every breath I take
My child's love flows
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.
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