Imagine a world where love is the predominant feeling. A world where every single one of our actions came from love, where we’re inspired by love and emanate love… Just imagine how wonderful that would be.
Hold onto that thought. Imagine it for a moment.
What you are imagining can be created within your own home.
Our children came to a world that doesn’t operate on the frequency of love but our children, as well as ourselves, NEED love to thrive in life.
We need to make our home an environment where love thrives, where love is all there is, where love resides. Our home is the place where we come back to recharge, it’s the place where we should be able to recharge ourselves in love.
Our children, yours, mine – all of them, are so so so special and they are here to do great things. They are here to awaken us to a new way of living. We cannot change the world by ourselves, but we can change our home-life to provide our children with the best possible environment to develop themselves into the human beings they came to be.
Life can get so crazy sometimes that we loose track of ourselves and we loose control of ourselves. We yell, we get mad, some even spank, we feel frustrated, and act from this energy.
But the problem is, we are acting from a very low energy. We are acting from a place of anger and this doesn’t benefit anyone – not you, not your children, not your family.
Parenting from a place of love is a conscious decision we all make. A decision we make every second of every day. How would your childhood had been if everything you had to learn was taught to you from a place of love?
Now think about this, you have the power to raise your children this way. You have the power to raise them from love, with love, through love and for love. Children, as all humans, respond better, learn better and are more open when we come from a place of love.
If someone were to ask me for a favor, let’s say something I don’t even want to do, but they did it lovingly, my reaction would be to help. But if they were forcing me or rude about it, I wouldn’t do it or I would do it begrudgingly.
Love accomplishes discipline, love accomplishes fulfillment, love creates more love, love brings happiness, love is all there is and love is all that matters. Yes, this sounds cheesy, but don’t read with your eyes, read it with your heart.
Children are meant to be silly, children are meant to be loud, children are meant to challenge us, children are simply who they are meant to be. And we should feel grateful that we have the honor of raising our children! We have the honor of seeing life through their eyes, through the eyes of joy and love.
Children are here to remind us how beautiful life can be, if we chose to see the beauty in it. Children are here to show us how patience and love can transform a life.
The ONE question to ask yourself when you are not sure how to parent your child
When you are with your child, and especially when you feel like you’re struggling and you don’t know what to do, ask yourself?
“What would love do now?”
And if what you are doing is not what love would do, stop, and change your thoughts, change your words and change your action.
Love is the greatest teacher there is. Impactful and life changing lessons are learned when we feel loved. Asking yourself this question creates a pause in a tense moment, gives you some time to reflect and opens up the door for you to try parenting in a new way.
Too much love doesn’t spoil a child. Permissive parenting does and raising your child from a place is love is not being permissive. Love is not something kids earn, love is what kids grow from, their base, the cushion the fall on. It is their given right and what they deserve simply from being alive!
You are the captain of your life, you and no one else, so you have the power to choose love, to parent from a place of love. Parenting from a place of love changes you because you learn that love doesn’t yell, love doesn’t spank, love doesn’t get frustrated or impatient, love doesn’t hate, love doesn’t reject and love doesn’t hold a grudge.
Love understands, love empathizes, love finds the root cause of a behavior, love supports, love gives, love is cooperation and working together, love is patient, love is kind and caring, love is respectful, and love teaches in some of the most profound and impactful ways.
Just think how beautiful our lives would be if every decision we made, was made out of a place of love, out of the energy of love.
I know this sounds unreal or hard, but it is possible. It is possible if you want it to be. The choice is 100% yours. Choose love. And next time you are with your child ask yourself:
What would love do now?
If you’re looking for more in depth conscious parenting inspiration, maybe one of these posts will resonate with you:
- Conscious Parenting: 7 Things You Can Start Doing Today to Be a Better Parent
- Gentle Parenting is NOT Permissive Parenting
- 100+ Powerful, Positive and Encouraging Phrases To Say To Your Child (with free printable)
- Raising Emotionally Intelligent Children Series: Positive Discipline
- The Most Important Thing You Can Do For Your Child Every Day
- The Best Parenting Tips Come from Within (Podcast Episode 16)
- The Power Your Words Have Over Your Children and How to Use Them Wisely (Podcast Episode 18)
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