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Simple Living

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LorraineP
on November 9, 2008
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Good morning, Beloved-

How is your weekend going? I hope you cleared your activities and made time for you! It’s still Sunday, so you have time to grab a languishing ½ hour or hour, all to yourself! Be brave; do it!

I’m moving today. I’m saying thank you to the lovely palm trees that have grace our lanai and thank you to the Tamarind tree that’s always full of birds and bees and life and thank you to this sweet condo across the street from the calm and clear turquoise Pacific, that has housed Ken and I for 19 months. We’re finally moving to the coffee farm!

I can’t tell you what a Brave New World this will be- we are completely off the grid, no electricity except for generator, which we don’t even have yet, and no running water (we use ‘catchment’ systems up here in the Hawai’i hills, so we have a 20,000 gallon tank that collects water). Ken got a deal on a propane fridge and I now have a wireless card for my laptop. We charge everything in the cars and actually have outlets that work off the car batteries. It’s really a cool deal.

It’s the weirdest thing, but I don’t mind at all. It is so beautiful here- we overlook 10+ miles of sacred coast where the dolphins play, and Pele is right above us at Muana Loa, the erupting volcano. Dynamic is the word. And peaceful. And quiet. I’ve grown weary of the town ‘noise,’ the emotional, mental, energetic static flowing around, which I’m very sensitive to. Ahhh, relief!

What does this have to do with you? Well, I guess, simplicity. Not that I even recommend that you go to my extreme (although it’s an adventure), but what can you do without and still be happy? What can your house do without and still be happy? Nothing wrong with your lifestyle, for sure. But do you ever wonder if all that stuff is part of what keeps you running at high speed most of the time? If you didn’t have to support your lifestyle and could scale back, would you have more time to enjoy the simple things in life?

Just a thought for you on this Sunday. I love you. You are brave and valiant in your greatest job on earth! May you stay in the flow of Spirit with your child(ren). May you feel the joy of the sun on your skin.

Yours in Parent Ease,

Lorraine

Whatcha Gonna Do For YOU This Weekend?

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LorraineP
on October 25, 2008
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Good Morning!!!

How’s it all going in your household this weekend? Hope you carve out time for you ALONE and time to play with your kids.

On the subject of time alone, what do you love to do that refreshes and renews you? That’s what I mean about time alone. My favorite thing to do at the moment is to curl up with Carlos Castaneda and follow him and don Juan through their desert adventures- I’m on Carlos’ 3rd book, and his writing and the content just takes me away.

And that’s what I’m talkin’ about; what can you do that will ‘take you away’ each and every day, not only this weekend?

Stop and really think about it. Another thing that really takes me away is a nap. How about you? Do you ever feel like just getting prone under a blanket?

I love your kids. Really I do. But aside from dire and dangerous circumstances, YOU’RE the one I’m pullin’ for a lot of the time. You’re the one so tired. You’re the one doing too much. You’re the one who needs TLC a lot of the time.

So, the Parent Mentor’s checkin’ in and suggesting that you REALLY restore yourself a couple of times this weekend, for at least an hour each. No excuses.

Love Always and Yours In Parenting Ease,

Lorraine Pursell, MA, BCET
www.LorrainePursell.com
lorraine@lorrainepursell.com: “evolving parent” in the subject

I Love You Enough To…

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LorraineP
on October 20, 2008
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Good Morning, My Dear,

This came to me this AM upon awaking to the thousands of birds in the jungle outside my window. “I love you enough to…”

This can be your mantra as you progress through each day with your child. “I love you enough to… Do the Right Parent Thing.”

This means, I love you enough to put my convenience behind your needs.

I love you enough to be vigilant in my parenting job today.

I love you enough to put you first, and that doesn’t necessarily mean that you’ll get your way.

I love you enough to think before I do- am I empowering you or handicapping you?

I love you enough to spend the time that you need in your school work.

I love you more than my own convenience.

I love you enough to “Do the Right Parent Thing” even if that means that you won’t like me. Your loving me or liking me is not my job. My job is preparing you the real world when you can leave home at 18.

I love you more than life. My commitment to you, before God, is to Do the Right Parent Thing, not cut corners on our short time together, evolve each day into the parent you deserve, repent to you daily, if needed, for mistakes I’ve made toward you, and show you that you mean the world to me.

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