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Everyone knows the old saying…go with the flow…or is
it a new saying? Well if you ask me it doesn’t really matter, what
is important is the message. The challenging thing can be it may
mean something a little different to everyone in every different
situation. In this article I explore the ideas of Ester Hicks and
the Teachings of Abraham, which are well know today as the Law of
Attraction. The basics of the teachings are to go with the flow, to
always go with the stream of life, instead of against it. This gets
really interesting in a family because everyone has their own stream
and sometimes as parents we want our children to jump out of their
stream and join us in ours. Then the resistance starts and we are
headed upstream instead of down…hence no longer going with the flow!
The article to the right will go into further detail and I hope you
enjoy it. As always I love hearing from my readers, if you have a
question or comment please feel free to e-mail me. You as a
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also, so if you haven’t taken me up on that offer please do so today
in one of two ways. E-mail me directly at
Tracy@Transformingfamily.com
or visit
www.transformingfamily.com
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Empowering Our Children Through
Law of Attraction
By Tracy Liebmann
The parental journey has
many paths, we as parents have walked down a few, sometime to turn
around and say “that’s not my path”. The other thing that seems to
happen is we walk down a path that resonates with us for awhile, and
then seemingly abruptly, we look around and ask “Is this still the
right path”. I love this kind of thing because when it happens I
know I am still on my journey, that there is still more up ahead and
I’m ready to make new decisions. As much as I love it, it is also
usually a challenging time for me. I start looking at all the
different paths I have journeyed, I start going back to the “Gurus”,
looking for answers, and what I always learn in the end is the
answers are right inside of me. The conundrum of parenting is that
we often feel we need to find the answers for or about our children,
yet we so want to raise empowered children. How do we truly empower
our kids to know their truth and follow their bliss if we are
listening to our inner voice that has the answers for us? The
question is are they the right answers for my children?
This is where I turn down the path marked, Law of Attraction, if I
follow this path I start to become reassured that all will be well.
From this point forward I am describing my interpretation of Law of
Attraction as I have learned it through many sources, the most
important being Ester Hicks and the teachings of Abraham (goggle
search it!) SO remember this is my truth, it is always important to
remember we are all individuals with our own filters. Just think of
it as a walk down the path with me, not any type of instruction or
Dogma! Ok, hold my hand and let’s start walking.
I mentioned that this path is very reassuring to me, for me LoA (law
of attraction) is all about trust! Trusting that all will be well is
the key that unlocks the door, knowing I am doing my best at any
given moment and the same holds true for my children. Let’s talk a
little about a common scenario between parent and child, especially
older children. Parent thinks sports/exercise is important, child
thinks reading or playing video games is important (both sedentary
activities). A conflict ensues because there are different beliefs,
but who is “right”? Looking at this through the filter of LoA, both
are “right”! How can this be? Well, if Dad runs marathons and mom
doesn’t that’s Ok right? So why wouldn’t the same hold true for our
children? LoA teaches us that everyone is doing exactly what they
should be doing at any given moment. That we are all living our
*perfect* lives at this moment. So what do we do about the
resistance that we feel as a parent about our kids not getting
enough exercise, green food, time with family, the list can go on
and on, we put it through the filter of LoA. Looking at it through
LoA eyes we see we are just bumping off each other while we clarify
what we are really asking for from the universe, and then we trust
the universe will give us exactly what we need. You can also use an
affirmation like this, “I want to run marathons and my son wants to
play video games, and we don’t know how this will resolve…yet”. The
yet is very important, that would be a step up the vibrational
ladder. It is not a solution, but it frees up the resistance to the
problem, then you can take it one step further when you are ready
and change the affirmation to something like “I love to run
marathons and my son loves to play video games, we are different and
wonderful” or “My body needs to run and my son’s does not, we are
both healthy and happy”. The point is to change your vibration to be
more positive, to have less resistance and let you and your son
create your *perfect* lives. Law of Attraction teaches us to point
our boat downstream, which to me means go with the flow. If anything
in life is meeting resistance you are pointed upstream and you are
going against the flow of life. The scenario above and the suggested
actions/affirmations help you change your vibration and turn your
boat downstream. Why would we want to go against the current, why
would we want to make more work for ourselves?
For me true empowerment comes from within, children are *perfect*,
empowered beings when they join us on this life’s journey. If we
knew all we need to know from that day forward then we would not
have to teach our kids how to be or stay empowered…because they
would *know*. Yet, the truth is most of us are not Ghandi or Buddha;
we are just regular folks who have been through a lot of life’s
challenges and probably lost our own empowerment along the way. We
lost our own *knowing* of the truth that we are all connected and we
are all *perfect*. So the path to empowerment has many turns and one
that I have found helpful is the one marked Law of Attraction, it is
helpful because it continually reminds us that all will be well.
That resistance is futile, and we are exactly where we are supposed
to be. There are a few key points I would like for you to take away
from this article.
1) Learn to say "yet"
2) Get your own thoughts in well-being before dealing with your
children
3) Quit listening to others unless they are helping you go
downstream
4) Remember to do steps 1-3 often
If you desire to go downstream with your family and need some
support, visit me at
www.transformingfamily.com and sign up for a FREE coaching
session today! |
