Mindfulness Meditation (For Everyday Life)

in creative and challenging situations almost all the
time, and at the same time, faced with a lot of
repetitive tasks which you do over and over, again
and again and again.
And it gets more challenging as the children grow
older and develop their own ideas and strong wills.
It's one thing to look after the needs of babies, which
are very simple, after all, especially before they can
talk and when they are at their absolute cutest and
most adorable. It's quite another to see clearly and to
'respond effectively and with some modicum of
wisdom and balance (after all, you are the adult)
when there is a continual clash of wills with older
children, who are not always so cute and cuddly, who
can argue circles around you, tease each other
mercilessly, fight, rebel, refuse to listen, get into
social situations in which they need your guidance
and clarity but may not be open to it; in short, whose
needs require a constant energy output that leaves
you little time for yourself.
The list of situations in which your equanimity and
clarity will be sorely challenged and you will find
yourself "losing it" is endless. There is simply no
escape, no hiding, no dissimilation that will serve
either them or you. Your children will see it all from
the inside and up close: your foibles, idiosyncrasies,