Yay!!! This weekend we celebrate Mothers. I’d like to send a heartfelt “high five” to all the beautiful moms out there. Being a mom, in any form of this role, is such a blessing and such an incredible gift to have in our lifetime. It’s also such a tremendous responsibility.
I like to call mothers earth angels because, as mothers, we truly embody so many feminine & angelic characteristics that we pass on to our children. This, of course, is not to say that a mother’s role is the most important in their precious lives…the fatherly or masculine influence is equally necessary & important. We really do offer different energies & qualities into the parenting equation.
I can look back on my life and recognize that becoming a mom was definitely part of my life’s plan. It was then that I clearly understood my true purpose in life. It was then that my soul expanded into a love that was greater than one I’d ever experienced. A limitless type of love that I would never stop giving.
Every instinct in my body came to life during those early times of being a mom. I remember being in grocery stores and hearing other babies cry and it would pull me toward them. The day I found out I was nurturing a baby human inside my body was the day my son’s contentment became my contentment, his laughter is my laughter, his suffering is my suffering, his comfort is my comfort, his happiness is my happiness, his fulfillment is my fulfillment. Such a beautiful experience! Such a beautiful angelic role, us mothers have in their life.
So it’s Mother’s Day…let’s flipping celebrate ourselves this weekend!!! It’s our time to be appreciated for all the wonderful gifts we bring into our children’s life. Here are a few of the gifts & teachings we offer them throughout their lives just in case you need a quick reminder :
LOVE – we teach them unconditional love and acceptance by being loving and kind to them in their day-to-day life. We show them that nothing they do diminishes the limitless love we have for them and that our love does not have to be earned, it is their given birthright.
COMPASSION – we show them how to lean into compassion and non-judgement every time we’re still lovingly there for them when they make choices that don’t serve them in the best of ways. They learn compassion as they watch us love & respect ourselves, them & others even in cases when it’s not most deserved.
FORGIVENESS – we teach them true forgiveness every time we move past a failure or a disappointment, and we truly leave it in the past and move on. We teach them forgiveness when they watch us not hold a grudge against those who hurt us, when they see that in our heart there is no room for hatred and resentment…
RESPECT – we teach them respect by not intruding in their personal space and by treating them with the same dignity we’d afford any other human being. Children are smaller in size, but not shrunken in spirit. Respect is to be mutual.
SENSITIVITY – we show them sensitivity by allowing them to be who they are, all the time, and by responding to their needs vs. what WE think they need. They learn sensitivity by watching us cry at movies and by asking them to join in conversations about feelings & emotions.
COURAGE – we teach them courage by keeping our arms open to catch them when they’re overcome with fear & anxiety.
CONFIDENCE – we create an emotionally & physically safe space for them to come back to every time they need it! We believe in them until they start believing in themselves.
HUMILITY – they learn humility by watching us treat others. Do our words and actions leave them thinking & feeling we’re superior in any way? Or leave them feeling that we’re all one under the same sun?
HEALING – we teach them healing by showing them that human suffering is part of life. We let them see us cry when we’re sad, walk it off when we’re angry, rest when we’re ill.
PURPOSE – they learn about purpose by watching us always follow our heart even when it seems to be the hardest thing to do…by watching us serve others with good intentions.
HUMOR – we teach them true humor when we show them that we can laugh at ourselves. Laughing at others is easy and disrespectful. We teach them humor in those moments when we’re playful & take ourselves less seriously
RESPONSIBILITY – they learn responsibility by seeing & knowing that our results are directly linked to our thoughts & actions. We’re NEVER victims. When things go wrong, we teach them to FIRST ask, what could I have done differently?
GROWTH – we lead them into their highest potential, we let them take calculated risk and sometimes fail to stretch them beyond their comfort boundaries. We show them how failure can be turned into strength.
TRUTH – we show them to live with honesty even when it hurts…and that the ultimate truth is the healing power of Love. We teach them that the ultimate truth lives inside themselves and that they’re the only ones that have the power to access it and the divine channels it comes from.
LIVING – We teach them that despite everything, life should be lived with JOY
I hope these resonated with you and gave you even more reason to celebrate. Surely there are so many more gifts, I haven’t mentioned. I’d love to hear in the comments anything you’d love to add to the list! Have a great weekend! Know you’re absolutely awesome! I hope you have a lovely Mother’s Day Celebration!
Much, much Love & Light!✨?
Dee
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