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 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.
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Today's Sip: Mindful of
Other Parents' Pain
When we learn of tragedies across the world
and close to home that involve children, we can become overwhelmed
with sadness. Part of the pain we feel is a product of our empathies
with the parents, and part is a deep discomfort with the thought of
innocent and helpless children befalling a tragic fate.
We sometimes
relate the situation to our own lives and, unless we have endured
a similar experience, we cannot imagine what we would do under
the same circumstance. We sometimes want not to think too much
about it.
Wherever you live and however much you attend
to events outside your own immediate environment, you do not need
to think to hard, or too far back in time, to recall a tragedy
involving children. And, of course, they happen every day, all
over the world.
Today, open awareness to your brothers and sisters
across the world who feel deep loss and sadness in their hearts due
to tragedies involving their children. As fellow living beings
on this planet, we are connected and share much more than we might
ever realize. When we open to another's pain, we open our hearts.
So many little eyes have closed
Leaving tears in eyes that will never close
Breathing
deeply
I look into
those eyes
And see
my reflection
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