The Daily Sip:  Connecting with Your Child And Someone Special

 

There are people we are blessed to have in our lives.  This is especially so when we are children, vulnerable and impressionable.

 

Do your thoughts turn effortlessly to that someone special?  Perhaps they are a parent, a grandparent, an aunt or uncle, a nanny, neighbor, or a teacher.  Breathe deeply and open your awareness to this person from your childhood.  Feel the radiance of warmth and love they planted in your heart all those years ago.

 

Perhaps this person is alive, perhaps they have passed on.  Today, when you are with your child, bring this person so deeply into your awareness that you see the world through their eyes and touch the world through their hands.  Your voice sounds like their voice.  No effort is needed.

 

This is a beautiful exercise because your connection to this person has a very mindful quality.  When you open to this person while connecting with your child, a place of stillness and mindfulness is awakened.

 

You need only do this for a few moments to feel the joy it arouses.  You are sharing a beautiful moment with both your child and this special person.

 

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.

Click here to learn what recent events are taking place and of changes to The Mindful Parent website.  Please contact us with your questions about mindful parenting or to share a mindful parenting experience.  We are devoted to working with you to enhance your ability to "be" with your children, and to experience the bliss that awaits you.