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Are We Abandoning Our Inner Child
Life is about been happy and enjoying our situations and surroundings, yet all
too often we get caught up in work and responsibilities. It came in to my mind
today that maybe in all our seriousness, all our professionalism, all our
deadlines, all our adulthood, we are abandoning our inner child. True! We are
adults, but at the very core of each of us is a child who is looking for love
and acknowledgement. We are responsible for this inner child, for giving him/her
the love they need, and in doing so, we are loving ourselves, but all too often
when we become aware of this inner child, we usually punish and reprimand
him/her, we chastise or ignore him/her for their insecurities and their alleged
failures and that is if, we even acknowledge him/her.
I have challenged this scenario in my own life experience in so much as I
started to take stock of my reactions to this inner child when she started to
demand my attentions. At first, I have to admit that she was a big
inconvenience; after all I was nurturing two of my own children, working
full-time, as well as keeping all the other daily chores in check. There was
just not enough time left to cater to this inner child’s needs and insecurities.
My Angels challenged me as they always do, gentle advice just at the right time.
Their timing is always perfect. Anyway the advice was in a card called Nurture.
I was to pay attention to how I nurture my own and other children, for in doing
so I was nurturing my own inner child.
The first thing that I noticed was that even though I was nurturing and loving
these children both physically and emotionally, I sometimes only half listened
to what they were telling me, or sometimes reluctantly spent time with them
while been mentally pre-occupied by other things. Life’s busy schedule did not
allow any time for real play and I displayed a level of impatience or I put play
time off until tomorrow. Much to my disappointment, I found that at times I was
very impatient with my children and had pushed their need to play aside. Taking
this lesson on board, I looked at it from my inner child’s perspective only to
realize that I treat myself in the same way, performing all the tasks that need
to get done and not allowing myself, my inner child time to play. To combat and
resolve the situation with my children, I decided to buy some board games, and I
find that nowadays the children and I have a little more time forgetting what
has to be done and allowing ourselves to become carefree and enjoy time laughing
and interacting together without any other distractions. The dishes can wait
until the morning. My own inner child’s needs for play as an adult is to allow
myself time out with friends and enjoying interaction in a light-hearted way,
leaving all my other commitments or concerns aside for that time.
The Angels advice that resounded with the core of my being was that while
helping and teaching children in my life, I was also teaching myself what I
needed to learn. I paid attention to the messages I was delivering to the
children and their parents, and I knew that these messages where also for me.
I have re-learned to play, laugh, and be silly and carefree. The main objective
is to nurture all involved with as much love and attention as possible.
"Take time to play and be light hearted, enjoy your time and the simplicity of
life."
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