Tuesday, 12 May 2009
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Time to "Just Be" - A Mother Trying to Focus On The Moment
by Mama Giraffe 
I've been going to Yoga for about 5 or 6 years now and I absolutely LOVE it. I love stretching all my muscles and getting all the weird kinks out of my body that build up from lugging 3 kids around. I love the feeling of peace and ease that comes over my body at the end of an hour long class.
I realized just now, that the one part of Yoga I'm not so good at is the same thing I struggle with in my day to day life. I call it the "Just Be" part.
When you first sit down for a yoga class, the teacher instructs you to focus on your breathing, focus on the moment, don't let any thoughts or stress from your day enter your mind, just be, focus on your breathing and sit still for a few minutes. I try really hard, but I'm always secretly thinking "come on, let's get the show on the road and start moving here". I'm anxious for the class to get going so that it will be over and I can have that feeling of relaxation. I realize that this is the complete opposite of the purpose of Yoga.
However, I'm the same way with my kids and life. I catch myself wishing that they'll "just outgrow this annoying phase" or daydream about the years ahead when they are all in school and I have some free time to myself. Or I'm rushing the day along to get to naptime so I can get some household chores done.
I'm trying to start focusing on each moment and enjoying the fact that I have a 5 year old, a 3 year old and a 9 month old . Because I'll never get this day again to Just Be.
Does anyone else struggle with this?
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Comments (5)
daily. right now he's whining. I'm trying not to focus on it.
Just go on ,all right !
Absolutely, I struggle with this. I have to keep reminding myself that my 9 month old is growing bigger everyday and someday she won't want me to hang out and play with her...she'll want to play with her friends instead. It's what is supposed to happen, but don't want to look back and think "I wish I spent more time with her/played with her more/enjoyed her more." I want to enjoy every second, no matter how frustrating some days can be. My time with her is a gift.
I have four children and before I made being a Mom and a homemaker my priority, I did want them to grow up. Now that I am older and more wise, I see how selfish and unloving I was. I was raised to want more for me, not to be patient and loving with my children. They were things to have instead of blessings to love. The problem that I see mostly is that young girls are never taught to be Mothers and keepers of their homes and because of that they get upset when things don't go the way they think they should. Our children don't behave correctly because we don't want to take the time to raise thm. Our houses don't feel like homes because we don't work at making them one. Our lives feel incomplete because we have our priorities out of order. All of this leads to many moms giving up on being home, finding someone else to take care of the children and then going to work where we feel loved and wanted. However 20 years from now no job is going to love and take care of you and the children that have been handed over to someone else won't either. They will be too busy repeating what they learned in their childhood.
@HSmomto4@xanga - Very well said and I agree totally!!