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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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The Daily Sip:  You Are The Sun
 

The sun is a child of the cosmos.  Its origins rest somewhere in the mysteries of the vastness of the universe.  It was born and it will die.  It pulses and burns energy as it provides abundance.  So it is with us.  So it is with our children.

 

Today, when you see, feel, or think about the sun, imagine yourself a sun.  You release heat.  You pulse and churn.  You grow hot and you cool down.  And you provide for your child.

 

The sun pulses and churns and changes and grows and fades, amid tremendous eruptions of gases and other matter.  And it does it all in peace and in flow with the universe.

 

As you interact with your child today, remember that you are not only your child's caregiver, not only a human being with your own issues to contend with, but that you are also a sun.

 

With awareness, provide your child with light and warmth.  Sense the warmth and light as it emanates from within you.

 

Today's Morning Sip originally appeared May 3, 2004, and can be found, along with others, in theMorning Cup Archives.
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