#TyauSunday while daddy was comatose from the jet-lag.
I’ve been a mother for 9+ yrs. and up until now, I’ve often times had a mindset of a woe is me mantra, complaining of motherhood of how hard it is and how much I need to give, how much I have to sacrifice and give up time, goals & ambitions, etc. But with my epiphany I shared on my blog 2 months ago & as I read The Conscious Parent, my perspective is drastically changing.
(It’s still in the works because 3 of my proudest assets before having kids were my keen memory, optimism, and a certain body part, all are which now my weakest assets which makes me bitter, the memory & optimism more than the latter.)
While I thought the point of becoming a parent is for my kids, to raise them, teach them, to give, give, give, the foremost purpose of becoming a parent is to let our kids shape us to be the person that we need to be. That is the #1 purpose, the other being #2. When I served a LDS mission, I learned that the main purpose wasn’t for us missionaries to teach and to share about Jesus Christ to others, the reason foremost was for God to shape us to be the spiritual leaders we need to be after our missions. And so it is with parenthood.
“We discover that our children contribute to our growth in ways that are perhaps more profound than we can ever contribute to theirs.”
So while I thought woe is me, I give so much to my children, it was the opposite this whole time, they gave me so much more, and they always will. They’re shaping me to be a more Christ-like person, which is the whole purpose of this life and the most priceless gift of all.
“The parent-child dynamic becomes a transcendent experience, replete with soulful exchanges worthy of beings who recognize the privilege of finding a spiritual partner. By surrendering to the oneness of a conscious parent-child relationship, we elevate parenting out of the purely physical and into the realm of the sacred.” #SarahsSoulful
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