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Tiny Tips for Moms and Dads- Ingredient #7

What does it take and whom must you be to serve children as their teacher?

You must be patient.

They say, whoever they are, that patience is a virtue.  I know as a teacher and a mother, that being patient is a necessary element that we must develop in our character.  I confess that it is an everyday skill set that we as in our human nature, struggle to be consistent with on a daily basis and from one situation to the next.  I believe that in terms of the character assets that we need to approach the world with, patience is one of those acquired assets that can make life more doable and enjoyable.  Patience sets the tone of how the world will respond to us.  It can be quite a challenge to be patient with adults because our expectations for their behavior and attitude is that because they have life experiences under their belt and an archive of lessons from which they should have learned and evolved, that adults would operate from a space of wisdom and integrity. 

However, when it comes to children we have a responsibility as the adults in their life, to be mature and far more understanding and patient as we lead them, guide them, and nurture them through their childhood experiences.  They are truthfully and righteously are supposed to be able to depend on us to be compassionately patient.  What does this energetic response of patience need to sustain itself?  Well first, it calls for us to be patient and understanding of who we are as a human being coming from our own life experiences and come to a realization that we are not perfect, we are called to, as is everyone , knowingly or not, called to practice the art of perfecting ourselves in our own unique divine identity, and that this art of perfecting the evolution of our soul expression is what life is all about. 

We must see each other, especially children, in that light so that they are free of judgment and other people’s expectations.  Can you imagine what the world would be like, and even better, what a child’s childhood would be like if they were surround by, and showered with patience, which in the core of patience love is the foundational element?  Can you imagine how much children would learn in their school environments and in their home environments if they knew their caregivers nurtured them with patience?  How do you feel when someone has treated you with “compassionate patience”? I know from my life experiences that not only does it instill more patience for me to share with others, but it inspires me to take flight and soar.  It makes me feel like I am valued and that I have unlimited potential.  I believe that this is what we want for our children.  Think about it?