So I decided to do something I’ve never done before… I’m sharing my own response to the question I posed last week with April’s intention. If you missed it, here it is again:
April 2016 Intention:
Gradually and gently, with grace and ease, I welcome the continued unfolding of my authentic Self.
Who would you invite to dinner if you could ask anyone to join you? Imagine for a moment, inviting the most enlightened version of your self. What advice do you think your True Self would offer to you about parenting? About time? Money? Family life?
Try journaling the answers to these questions. You might surprise yourself with your own advice!
Regarding parenting, I think my True Self would say something like this:
“Don’t be so dang hard on yourself. Andrew and Tessa know you love them. Yes, you teach this stuff, but it’s okay to still be learning. We are all learning—every minute of every day. Do you really want to stop learning?
The most important thing to do is to love. Love yourself and love your kids. Create a safe space for them to learn and grow. Give them boundaries yet room to breathe. Make sure you are as present as possible with them.
When you make a mistake, admit it, apologize and love yourself even though you made the mistake. This allows the kids to just be themselves—another one who makes mistakes here and there and can learn from the mistakes while loving themselves. Imagine if we all practiced this. It’s very difficult to love yourself and continue to make the same mistakes repeatedly, right?
When you tear yourself down, you allow the emotions of guilt and fear to settle in and cultivate more to feel guilty and fearful about. Feel whatever emotions arise and then free them from your body, mind and heart.
Tune into what you most deeply desire–harmony, peace, love and acceptance and now feel those emotions as they make a new home in your body. Connect to Infinite Love and know that you already have all that you need. Breathe and be in love with Life.”
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