My Amazing Daughter

And to think, I thought all my Abraham talk was falling on deaf ears with my dear daughter. I respected her wishes not to listen in the car when we are travelling. I figured that she would learn what I know via osmosis and by watching me.

She really pleasantly surprised me recently. The almost 15 year old daughter of one of my dear friends came to stay with us for a spell this summer. Jen loved having someone girlie to pal around with. She really liked having LJ here. When it came time for her to leave, Jen was REALLY sad but was trying to swallow it. I told her it was okay for her to be upset but she put up a strong front.

As it got closer to the time for LJ to leave, Jen came and asked me if she could look at my Abraham Cards. I told her of course and handed over the box of the Ask and It is Given cards. She read through them and pulled two out of the deck:

“I Will Do My Best to Make the Best of It” and “I Will Reach for the Best-Feeling Thought I Have Access To” – out of the 60 cards she found the ones that would help her through the sadness.

She then asked where my other deck was, The Well-Being Cards. I told her where she could find them and off she went to look through them and pulled three more cards that had meaning to her at the moment:

“I want to feel good.”, “All is Well”, and “I can always reach for a thought that feels better.”

And to think, I was worried about my dear daughter, but she innately knows. It’s my worry for her that screws her up … *laugh*

I am still working on becoming a good parent. It is a daily journey.

The most significant thing for a parent to contribute to anyone..

The most significant thing for a parent to contribute to anyone, is their own Connection and their own stability. An effective parent is a happy parent. An effective parent is a parent who laughs easily and often, and who doesn’t take things so seriously

Excerpted from the workshop in Albany, NY on Monday, October 1st, 2001

Parents don’t want their children to make the wrong decisions…

Parents don’t want their children to make the wrong decisions, so they don’t allow them to make the decision. And then the child becomes dependent, and then the parent resents that, and it gets off into a blameful thing early on. If you are encouraging children to do all that they can do — and not squelching the natural eagerness that is within them, so that they can shine and thrive and show you and themselves how good they are at adapting to physical experience — then everyone wins.

Excerpted from the workshop in Dallas, TX on Saturday, March 13th, 1999

So, my goal is to become a happy connected person who laughs a lot and *tries* to protect less and see my children as the guided (not by me!) connected individuals they came to earth being.