Last week felt kind of "hard" in this house with Liam and his potty accidents, the three kids with runny noses, Dusya with her five days of low-grade fever, Dusya crying a lot, Liam wanting people to draw for him all the time, Tony jumping around the house, Dusya waking up at night, cold weather, last minute changes in the schedule, etc, etc.
There are times when I look at my kids and they may look like they are going backwards -- specially when we are doing some strong clearings in their bodies ... In those moments, I choose to believe that Liam's accidents, Dusya's crying, Tony's jumping are all TEMPORARY. They will go away. I think the Universe and God sometimes want to remind us that this is a journey and that we need to live in the PRESENT. Antonion and I tend to project in the future that day when the kids are ready to go to school and Antonio and I will have an empty house from 8am to 3pm like all other parents have. Can you imagine that day? All kids having friends and enjoying their time at school. The silence in the house :) And then 3 kids coming back to school at 3pm.
The reality is that we are not there, YET, so it is more helpful to focus on the PRESENT and to tell myself: "Today, I will draw for Liam and share that love he has for all the fascinating vehicles in the world". "Today, I will relax when Duch cries and will show her that she can get so many more things done when she chooses to be happy." "Today, I will admire Tony's energy as he jumps around the house considering that this is the boy who had a shorter leg and that leg is actually growing and catching up the longer leg."
The key is also to sleep as much as I can. The more I sleep, the calmer I am :) All this to say that there will always be some days when the kids don't look too happy to play. On those days, and really every day, renew your intention of going to the playroom with them: "Today, I will have as much fun as possible" and then go into the playroom, and have fun :)
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