Stream of Conciousness Sunday- The Journey
Beautiful Garden
It has been a really long while since I joined in on this meme. A lot has happened since I dropped participating in this meme. However with the start of the new year, 2013 I am intending to raise my consciousness and embark on a different journey.
This time round the focus would be more on building up my spirituality and going all out to improve the overall development of the kids. My aim this year is to equip them with life skills which will see them through their adulthood. Skills which are not really focused nowadays in the family like earning your keep, helping out in the household, social/moral values and building up one’s spirituality.
Many kids take a lot of things for granted and want instant gratification. They have been given the chance to fulfill their desires without even working hard for it. That shouldn’t be the way and I don’t want any of my kids to think that everything in life should be served to them on a silver platter.
Like the beautiful garden in the picture above it can only be as captivating if the gardener constantly takes effort to care for the plant and prune in regularly. I hope that with my regular “pruning” the kids will turn out to be as eye catching as the flowers above.
It is not an easy journey to be on and I’m glad that I have the support from R and the grandparents as they know that it will be extremely beneficial for the kids to go along on this journey.
What journey are you currently embarking on?
January 21, 2013 @ 12:24 am
It’s similar to your journey. 🙂 I too want my children to blossom like the beautiful flowers in the garden. I think that I’ve spoiled them a bit though that we’re treading rocky terrain at this point. They’re still preschoolers so I’m still hopeful for smoother roads when they’re older.
January 21, 2013 @ 12:57 am
This is a very good inspiration for all mothers out there. As for me, I would say that I was successful in instilling to the my children the value of life and hard work. I spoiled them at times but they are not the “demanding” type. They easily undertsnd when things cannot go their favor.
January 21, 2013 @ 1:00 am
This is a wonderful journey you’re on. I think it’s going to be a beautiful thing. So glad you joined in again!
January 21, 2013 @ 1:17 am
The garden is soooo beautiful!
January 21, 2013 @ 1:18 am
for us, it is a journey to excellence!
January 21, 2013 @ 3:04 am
Oh, this is absolutely beautiful – both the image and your words. I look forward to connecting with you again, Dominique! Hugs galore!!
January 21, 2013 @ 3:33 am
I love your new focus on spirituality, especially where your kids are concerned. I think everyone could benefit from becoming more spirituality. Too many people think that spirituality equates with being religious so they don’t give much thought to building their interior lives. I think that’s too bad.
January 21, 2013 @ 4:46 am
I love your outlook.
I am on the same journey with my children and I feel since I didn’t get to homeschool like I wanted, then I can school in the things that matter most, spiritually.
Myself is on that same journey and oh I’m finding it hard to follow through. Ahh but prayer has been prayed and I’ve seen where God has been answering.
Good road ahead for you and the darling ones girl!
January 21, 2013 @ 6:41 am
This was beautifully written and the picture is gorgeous. These traditional lessons are so important and difficult to teach at times due to the world in which we live. But we CAN take care of what goes on in our houses. And while kids are never perfect, make mistakes, they follow our lead more often than not. Mine are 22 and 19 and I still consider them works in progress.
January 21, 2013 @ 8:42 am
Wandering by from SOCS …
Lovely image; beautiful words. It never ceases to amaze me, how this blog hop manages to touch on things I’m reading / experiencing / trying to learn.
January 22, 2013 @ 6:48 am
I am treading the same journey like yours and that is raising my own kids. It’s never easy being parents but this is I embraced and I know, with God’s help, I can walk the road ahead holding hands with my little ones. 🙂