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Quiet moments
By sandi | November 3, 2008
Learning to handle the many moods and activities of life requires solitude.
Do not let the demands of an overly active world rob your children of their peace.
Constant stimulation without balance of quietness creates chaos.
The child who early befriends solitude becomes one with all that is and inherits everything.First you must embrace solitude in your own life.
It is more difficult than you think.
Distractions are everywhere.
Even the mind is noisy.Give your children time to play without agenda, to read without purpose, to daydream without limits, and discover without fear.
Allow yourself the same.
That is from the book The Parent’s Tao Te Ching by William Martin. This was included in this month’s newsletter from The Girl’s preschool. While I have never read the book I loved the sentiment of this. So often I am busy with so many things that seem to matter but really don’t. I love simple life and often I don’t live that way.
I want my children to know how to be happy without entertainment because I believe it makes them stronger. Think of all the people out there who cannot be alone, they search day and night to find someone to be with them, but why not be on their own. If they are searching so much are they really living, or just searching.
I was speaking to Kimberly about this kind of thing last week. We were talking about how sometimes it is good to have stay home days. That it feels nice to just be home doing productive things around here, not rushing off from one thing to another.
It is so easy to get caught up in things. It is hard to be still when there are only so many hours in a day and so many days in a lifetime. I am often stunned by the amount of stuff I want to do in the world. There is so much to experience or do and I am not sure how I will fit it all in. As it stands I am almost half way through with my life. Balancing being still while being stimulated by the world is a hard thing for me to do. I will continue to remind myself to quiet my mind and allow myself the freedom to enjoy life without limits.
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