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Mindful Parenting is a contemplative practice through which we become more mindful of our children and, in doing so, experience a more joyful life.
The Mindful Parent is an organization devoted to sharing with parents and other child caregivers ways in which to enhance the many joys of parenting.  By mindfully attending to our children, both when we are physically present with them and when we are physically separated from them, we can enhance our sense of connection to them and, in turn, our connection to the cosmos.  This makes us a better parent, a happier person, and a more vital human being.
 
To facilitate a more mindful approach to parenting, The Mindful Parent publishes on its website, and in its bi-weekly newsletter, mindful parenting verses and commentaries.  The Mindful Parent website also serves as a community forum that encourages and supports a mindful parenting dialogue and the sharing of mindful parenting experiences.
 
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Saturday July 17, 2004
The Morning Cup
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Today's Sip:  Mindful of Other Parents' Pain
 
When we learn of tragedies across the world and close to home that involve children, we can become overwhelmed with sadness.  Part of the pain we feel is a product of our empathies with the parents, and part is a deep discomfort with the thought of innocent and helpless children befalling a tragic fate.
 
We sometimes relate the situation to our own lives and, unless we have endured a similar experience, we cannot imagine what we would do under the same circumstance.  We sometimes want not to think too much about it.
 
Wherever you live and however much you attend to events outside your own immediate environment, you do not need to think to hard, or too far back in time, to recall a tragedy involving children.  And, of course, they happen every day, all over the world.
 
Today, open awareness to your brothers and sisters across the world who feel deep loss and sadness in their hearts due to tragedies involving their children.  As fellow living beings on this planet, we are connected and share much more than we might ever realize.  When we open to another's pain, we open our hearts.
 
          So many little eyes have closed
          Leaving tears in eyes that will never close
         Breathing deeply
         I look into those eyes
         And see my reflection
          
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