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Thank you Kahil Gibran. In the Prophet, Kahil Gibran states the importance of the simple life and how you will find peace and meaning through it. Through my experience so far I have noticed that the days where I feel most at peace and full of love are the days that I am working my hardest at something that I believe in. I believe in organic farming, being the best mother and friend I can be, eating a vegetarian diet cooked slowly by me, studying an ethical belief system that works for me (buddhism for me but any religion of system that has ethics can work) and not complicating my life too much with tv, cars, cell phones etc. Since I have started downsizing my life to incorporate all of this I am finding that it takes all day to do these simple things. It takes almost all my energy and then I have hardly any time left for anything else and I don't mind because I am happy doing the things I believe in. Of course it isn't always easy and isn't always perfect, but through challenges rise new insights and a better understanding of what is around me. Oh and it helps to have friends who are angels. So my 2 cents is that what each individual needs to do is find their passion, and simplify their lives to incorporate their passions.  If U were mine I'd be yours 4ever!  |
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All our obsessive and hyper mothering is not helping our kids become happy and mature young adults and may in fact be doing them more harm than good. Above the storm the smallest prayer will still be heard.
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We're no longer just managing our kids' lives: --------------------------------------------- we're micromanaging their existence, right down to the very last detail. In doing so, we're moving even further away from what really matters when it comes to good mothering. Above the storm the smallest prayer will still be heard.
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Mothering is probably the most important job we'll ever have in our lives. Nothing, absolutely nothing, has as much influence and power over our families and future generations in years to come. Yet there's general agreement among all the hundreds of mothers I've spoken to that something isn't working: our kids aren't thriving as well as we'd hoped, and we are too often suffering from guilt, anxiety, and exhaustion. That's why there's been so much national talk lately and so many books written about the epidemic of Motherhood Mania. Far too many of us are responding to the pressure of this modern myth of mothering as a 24/7 sprint to the finish line. Instead of reconsidering what works and what doesn't, we're trying harder to be perfect. And that isn't working either. ~ Michele Borba, Ed.D. Above the storm the smallest prayer will still be heard.
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Dr. Borba's twelve simple secrets of real mothering: A Mother Who Loves Teaches Worth A Mother Who Is Firm and Fair Gives Her Children a Moral Code to Live By A Mother Who Listens Shows Her Children They Matter Above the storm the smallest prayer will still be heard.
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A Mother Who Is a Good Role Model Gives Her Children an Example Worth Copying A Mother Who Teaches Values Inspires Character A Mother Who Supports Her Children's Strengths Builds Their Confidence Above the storm the smallest prayer will still be heard.
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A Mother Who Encourages Independence Cultivates Self-Reliance A Mother Who Applauds Effort Nurtures Perseverance A Mother Who Accepts Her Children's Shortcomings Nurtures Resilience Above the storm the smallest prayer will still be heard.
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A Mother Who Takes Time for Her Children Helps Them Build Strong Relationships A Mother Who Laughs Teaches Joy A Mother Who Takes Care of Herself Holds Together Her Happy Family Above the storm the smallest prayer will still be heard.
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Everyone strives for perfection and simple things are easy to do to achieve perfection! If U were mine I'd be yours 4ever!
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START THEM YOUNG AND TEACH THEM THE BASICS OF a GOOD Moral FOUNDATION. If U were mine I'd be yours 4ever!
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Simple character skills that will stick with them thru life and equip them on how to survive in these ever changing times! If U were mine I'd be yours 4ever!
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Good reminders from a good mom! Thanks Ched! If U were mine I'd be yours 4ever!
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rearing kids this way will just complicate matters at home ... play it by heart, use your mothering instincts. The good old fashioned way of discipline must not be disregarded! If U were mine I'd be yours 4ever!
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All our obsessive and hyper mothering is not helping our kids become happy and mature young adults and may in fact be doing them more harm than good. If U were mine I'd be yours 4ever!
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Mothering is probably the most important job we'll ever have in our lives. Nothing, absolutely nothing, has as much influence and power over our families and future generations in years to come. Yet there's general agreement among all the hundreds of mothers I've spoken to that something isn't working: our kids aren't thriving as well as we'd hoped, and we are too often suffering from guilt, anxiety, and exhaustion. That's why there's been so much national talk lately and so many books written about the epidemic of Motherhood Mania. Far too many of us are responding to the pressure of this modern myth of mothering as a 24/7 sprint to the finish line. Instead of reconsidering what works and what doesn't, we're trying harder to be perfect. And that isn't working either. ~ Michele Borba, Ed.D. If U were mine I'd be yours 4ever!
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Dr. Borba's twelve simple secrets of real mothering: A Mother Who Loves Teaches Worth A Mother Who Is Firm and Fair Gives Her Children a Moral Code to Live By A Mother Who Listens Shows Her Children They Matter If U were mine I'd be yours 4ever!
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A Mother Who Is a Good Role Model Gives Her Children an Example Worth Copying A Mother Who Teaches Values Inspires Character A Mother Who Supports Her Children's Strengths Builds Their Confidence If U were mine I'd be yours 4ever!
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A Mother Who Encourages Independence Cultivates Self-Reliance A Mother Who Applauds Effort Nurtures Perseverance A Mother Who Accepts Her Children's Shortcomings Nurtures Resilience If U were mine I'd be yours 4ever!
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A Mother Who Takes Time for Her Children Helps Them Build Strong Relationships A Mother Who Laughs Teaches Joy A Mother Who Takes Care of Herself Holds Together Her Happy Family If U were mine I'd be yours 4ever!
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You should always speak and do things with mindfulness of loving-kindness. While speaking of loving-kindness, if you act or speak in a diametrically opposite way you will be reproached by the wise. As mindfulness of loving-kindness develops, your thoughts, words and deeds should be gentle, pleasant, meaningful, truthful and beneficial to you as well as to others. Everybody needs a hand 2hold,its a long trip alone
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If your thoughts, words or deeds cause harm to you, to others or to both, then you must ask yourself whether you are really mindful of loving-kindness. Everybody needs a hand 2hold,its a long trip alone
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If all of your enemies were well, happy and peaceful, they would not be your enemies. If they were free from problems, pain, suffering, affliction, neurosis, psychosis, paranoia, fear, tension, anxiety, etc., they would not be your enemies. Your practical solution to your having enemies is to help them to overcome their problems, so you can live in peace and happiness. Everybody needs a hand 2hold,its a long trip alone
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In fact, if you can, you should fill the minds of all your enemies with loving-kindness and make all of them realize the true meaning of peace, so you can live in peace and happiness. The more they suffer neurosis, psychosis, fear, tension, anxiety, etc., the more trouble, pain and suffering they can bring to the world. Everybody needs a hand 2hold,its a long trip alone
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If you could convert a vicious and wicked person into a holy and saintly individual, you would perform a miracle. Let us cultivate adequate wisdom and loving- kindness within ourselves to convert evil minds to saintly minds Everybody needs a hand 2hold,its a long trip alone
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You must remember that you practice loving-kindness for the purification of your own mind, just as you practice meditation for your own attainment of peace and liberation from pain and suffering. As you practice loving-kindness within yourself, you can behave in a most friendly manner without b iases, prejudices, discrimination or hate. Everybody needs a hand 2hold,its a long trip alone
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Your noble behavior helps you to help others in a most practical manner to reduce their pain and suffering. It is compassionate people who can help others. Compassion is a manifestation of loving-kindness in action, for one who does not have loving-kindness cannot help others. Everybody needs a hand 2hold,its a long trip alone
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