The Daily Sip:  Listen To The Trees

 

Today, let the trees serve as mindful parenting cues.  The image to the left of this page illuminates the verse:

 

               Beautiful scene

               Many parents

               Many children

 

We enjoy the excitement and fun we experience when we are with our child.  We also find sanctuary and the space of awareness in the stillness.

 

Regardless of the what is happening on the outside -- a rainstorm, a lightning strike, a cool breeze -- trees stand strong and silent (to us).  And usually, we see many trees together.  Truly they are grandparents, children, and grandchildren.  They all stand together in harmony.

 

Today when you see trees, recall this verse.  Open awareness to you and your child standing together in harmony and peace.  No thought.  Just being.

 

  

 

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. Click here to learn more about making a submssion.  We thank everyone who has contributed or is considering making this very compassionate contribution.

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