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Come read with us in the Maine Woods!
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Read Aloud 🐌 Brook side with Miss Rachael…Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt Written by:Kate Messnerhttps://katemessner.com/Please support the writer! Pu...

08/21/2023

“In one of the most notable moments in sports history, Kenyan runner Abel Mutai was just a few feet from the finish line, but became confused with the signage and stopped thinking he had completed the race.

A Spanish athlete, Ivan Fernandez, was right behind him, and after realizing what was happening, he started shouting at the Kenyan for him to continue running; but Mutai didn't understand his Spanish.

Fernandez eventually caught up to him and instead of passing him, he pushed him to victory.

A journalist asked Ivan, "Why did you do that?"
Ivan replied, “My dream is that someday we can have a kind of community life where we push and help each other to win.” The journalist insisted “But why did you let the Kenyan win?" Ivan replied, "I didn't let him win, he was going to win.” The journalist insisted again, “But you could have won!”Ivan looked at him & replied, “But what would be the merit of my victory? What would be the honor of that medal?
What would my Mom think of that?”

Values are transmitted from generation to generation.

What values are we teaching our children?

Let us not teach our kids the wrong ways to WIN.”

Calltoactivism

08/19/2023

This article is for BOTH a caregiver caring for a child & for a caregiver OR anyone really. Especially since I was this so-called train going through this so-called tunnel, this very day, it really struck home. And. Helped greatly.
Thank you : Pick Any Two 🌿

I'll never relate to my crying child the same way again.

06/25/2023

03/29/2021

*You do not have to cut out tv all together, just shorting the amount of time watching helps overall body and mind health*...
MORE TIME TO:
~ do activities that can help you grow as a person and as a family
~ get more things done around the house so you don't feel like you are always trying to catch up
~ to walk, talk, read, exercise, take care of yourself and your family
~ self reflection and meditation

Watching a couple hours of TV a day can have major effects on your brain. So what would happen if you quit cold turkey?

03/14/2021

10 ways to be a great, imperfect mom and/ or dad:
1. take care of myself
2. love and respect myself
3. realize that I am a parent for life :)
4. create a life for me - separate from my child's life
5. learn to apologize
6. be open to my child's feedback
7. spend quality time with my children
8. don't take my child's misbehavior personally
9. show my feelings, but don't overwhelm my child
10. allow my children to be who they are

In the span of a lifetime, your child will have many relationships. Being a mother to your child is by far one of the most, if not the most, impactful relationship. Understand that mothering a child is a lifelong commitment to nurturing, teaching, caring for, guiding, loving and supporting another p...

04/27/2020

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“Life on earth is a whole, yet it expresses itself in unique time-bound bodies, microscopic or visible, plant or animal, extinct or living. So there can be no one place to be. There can be no one way to be, no one way to practice, no one way to learn, no one way to love, no one way to grow or to heal, no one way to live, no one way to feel, no one thing to know or be known. The particulars count.”
― Jon Kabat-Zinn
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Shadows and reflections are a large and wonderful part of this earth. Shadows show us that everything (natural, made-made, living, non-living) is connected by the sun and what it's light falls so beautifully on. Shadows remind us that we are here on earth. They are "time-bond bodies" forever changing, forever moving, moment by moment as the sun moves around us.
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We may not pay attention to shadows as we grow older, as we turn on our automatic thinking "I have to go here, I have to pick up this, I have to take care of that". Look for shadows. Look for reflections. If you don't have time to sit and meditate..this is a mediation. Look for shadows, look and breathe, as you go about your day...They will show you; you are here, you are real.

02/17/2020

Headspace is a brilliant way to meditate...KIDS CAN MEDITATE TOO!..

It’s not just about kids learning to be calm and relaxed; it’s about learning the qualities of compassion, creativity, and kindness. It’s about understanding that thoughts and emotions don’t have to rule our minds. It’s about giving kids the opportunity to grow up being comfortable with wh...

02/13/2020

May I learn to look at myself with the eyes of understanding and love.
May I learn to look at her with the eyes of understanding and love.
May I learn to look at him with the eyes of understanding and love.
May I learn to look at them with the eyes of understanding and love...

How to love yourself and others