It takes the mom's head and heart to dark places. It stirs the mom's emotions and can bring adrenaline in people thousands of miles from the problem. Adrenaline junkies can always find another problem to keep them on the edge, but their milk doesn't taste as good as a mom who is calm and thinking peaceful thoughts. They will use up their excitement on distant things instead of finding their child's discoveries the best thing of the day.
The damage done by negativity is a knowable thing. If the mother can't find contentment, she has none to share with her children.
photo by Tara Joe Farrell
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ReplyDeleteThank you for this post. I just went down the most wonderful rabbit hole from the corresponding links from it & read what I really needed to read--reminders about parenting peacefully, moments, mindfulness, being "authentically there" with my child, staying calm, "switching off the fury," and more wise reminders about *how* to make more peaceful choices *moment-by-moment*, AND access to a digitized copy (& some transcribed notes) of your talk on parenting peacefully, which I look forward to listening to on my walk. What a gift you've given--thank you!