The Conscious Parent

There are times when life feels unbearably tenuous and highly
unpredictable, often leaving us with a feeling of resentment, which may
lead us to adopt an attitude of resignation. However, the fact there’s a
random element to reality isn’t a reason for resignation. We do ourselves
no favor by embracing a sense of fatalism, assuming no control over our
life.
Neither is life’s capriciousness a cause for paranoia, so that we are
always wondering when we will be struck down by its extremes. On the
contrary, we approach everything with full acceptance and a heightened
appreciation for each moment. Accepting life doesn’t mean lying down
in defeat, but vigorously accepting life’s as is nature. Accepting life as is
requires awareness of all that is before us, then choosing how we
respond. Then, and only then, do we experience the consciousness to
affect the circumstances we find ourselves in.
Living life with awareness means being able to dance the fine line
between assuming full ownership over our psychological health and
energetic space, while always knowing things happen that may throw us
off our center. It’s this constant interplay between taking charge and
surrendering that defines conscious living. We are aware that traumatic
events occur, but we know they don’t have to determine our reaction. We
are all subject to life’s unpredictable and sometimes seemingly cruel
nature, but it’s our choice whether we live as a victim.
We all want to know why things happen to us, somehow imagining that
if we just knew the reason, we would feel more secure. The bitter
medicine we all must swallow is that we don’t know the “why.” We
could postulate that events happen due to a confluence of old karma, or