assignments are performed not because we might want to do them, or like to do them; not because we choose to do them; not because we think we're good at them or because of any egoistic rationale; but simply because it is time. Thus, every activity embodies the full and unhindered expression of the awakened mind, our buddhanature, as it responds immediately and effortlessly to immediate conditions.
and here with practical suggestions for parents such as
Give more attention. And less of everything else. Devote one hour a day to giving undistracted attention to your children. Not in activities driven by your agenda, but according to their terms. Use a timer to keep yourself honest. Undivided attention is the most concrete expression of love you can give.
(It occurs to me that this is good advice for a marriage too!)
And again here on raising a Buddhist child by raising a Buddhist parent.
And so today, after abandoning the kvetching about the changes in our day (and that took a bit of time), we played castles and knights, then wigwams and Native Americans, finally heading outside for more play--and the ground had defrosted enough to build two more "hidden" (i.e. not in our fenced in village) fairy houses (the sticks have to be grounded) out of all the branches that fell yesterday--as well as tricycling until we came inside for a "backwards" lunch consisting mainly of dessert.
It's a practice . . . but you actually have to practice.
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