Work is not the only reason why people feel restless every day, so is the demand of family life.

Many parents with young children suspect that it is not feasible to spend time sitting quietly every day. When they tell their mother or father to get up early for twenty minutes, they will roll their eyes and say that their children may get up early with them.

For some people, it is difficult to sit still at night, because parents are bound to make full use of every minute to get along with their children. But meditation is extremely important, and we should do our best.

If parents take time to sit still, they will send a message to their children: taking a few minutes to rest and refresh themselves in a busy day is not indulgence, but an element of a healthy and efficient lifestyle. Take meditation as a top priority in life, and children will take it as a top priority in their own lives.

Every time I hear my parents say, "I don't have any time, and my children won't let me sit still," I think of Catherine, a single mother I met a few years ago.

At the beginning of the sit-in, she said to me, "I know I can sit still for 20 minutes in the morning before the children wake up, but I can't sit still at work in the afternoon. The bus journey home is too short, and I am most worried about what to do when I go home at night." How can I check my children's homework, cook dinner, talk to them about their day's life, give them full attention, and still sit still? I even brush my teeth and do many things at the same time. 」

"Call me in two weeks." I said. Two weeks later, Catherine really called.

"I sit still twice a day." She said proudly. "What happened? 」

She smiled. "It's a child. Now when I get home and start accusing them of doing their homework or eating dinner too slowly, they will say, "Mom, can't you sit still?" "Because they know that if you give me time to sit still, the real" mother "will come back-not a stressed mother, but a more patient, present and caring mother. 」

That's right. Sitting still is not narcissism, and it is definitely not just "letting mother vent for 20 minutes". The children's rediscovered mother has no sense of frustration and fatigue caused by all-day activities. They have better parents and don't pretend to be with their children just because it is one of a long list of responsibilities. In addition, they saw that their parents showed the meaning of self-care and adaptability.

Because, really, the world is a reflection of yourself.

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If you are stressed, nervous, tired and full of worries, all interpersonal relationships at work and at home will be greatly affected-meaning more arguments and less satisfaction.

However, if your heart is strong and stable, and you naturally have a lot to give, you won't always expect your partner or children to make you happy, go home or go to work gloomily, or let the amygdala of your brain dominate your thinking and ignite the war in the negotiation; You will make decisions with a healthy brain.

Teacher Mahesh described it this way: If you can give full play to your potential, you can fully enjoy friendship, interpersonal relationship and marriage. Therefore, the key to interpersonal relationship is to take good care of your "ID". Through meditation practice, more and more potential is utilized, until one day, all potential is brought into play and the mind and mind are fully developed. In this way, we can enjoy all interpersonal relationships, because we have the ability to give ourselves to others to the greatest extent.

This article is taken from The Power of Transcendental Meditation published by local chronicles.