Powerful Mantra to repeat: I AM ENOUGH
This is from my post to my support group and resource page on April 9, 2018:
"I am enough" ... One of the reasons this mantra is so powerful for me personally is because especially as a single mother (& no co-parent) it is easy to feel insufficient. It is easy to think of all the ways my kids would have a better life, more opportunities, etc., if they had a mother who was more experienced in this thing or a mom who was better at that thing, or heck even two parents instead of one, the list goes on. It is easy to see all our inadequacies, shortcomings, circumstances, weaknesses, etc., and wonder how much different--better even--our kids might be if they had a "better" parent. Maybe a more patient parent, one who yells less, one who has their sh** together and isn't such a "hot mess," a better cook, more fun, more this or less that....
The truth is that you are the best parent for them. You are enough. I am enough. All my weaknesses and beautiful flaws even contribute to beautiful seeds in them that are growing & taking root. Some of the very things I saw as deficits in myself, are actually used as a breeding ground/home environment for their creativity, art, imagination, etc.... Sometimes the very things we dislike in ourselves end up being our greatest assets or used to foster strengths in our kids...
When we meditate and let it sink in that we are enough, our eyes become open to the ways we are a gift & not hindrance, etc., to our children.... And as we rest and whatever your faith is, for me it is as I rest in Source/God/the Universe/etc., and know (believe, repeat, accept, embrace, declare, etc) I am enough, then doors open up for my kids that I didn't open but meet the needs, desires, etc., that I couldn't do on my own. From resources to opportunities, in meditation it is in doing dharma & intention meditations, but these things just start happening & helping us the more we step in confidence & self-trust.
You may feel it is too much, your children's needs are greater than what you can meet, that they got the unlucky draw, that they deserve a more qualified or better fit parent. Don't believe that lie. You were chosen & hand-picked. You may be at your, "I can't" wall right now, feeling you can't go any further, but you can. You have all the strength & power in you and just need to tap into it.
You have not made too many parenting fails. You are exactly what your child/ren need and you are enough. Even your beautiful flaws.
Breathe & receive it. Repeat it. I am enough. I am enough. I am enough. Let it sink. Let it rest. And rise up in renewed strength.
"I am enough" ... One of the reasons this mantra is so powerful for me personally is because especially as a single mother (& no co-parent) it is easy to feel insufficient. It is easy to think of all the ways my kids would have a better life, more opportunities, etc., if they had a mother who was more experienced in this thing or a mom who was better at that thing, or heck even two parents instead of one, the list goes on. It is easy to see all our inadequacies, shortcomings, circumstances, weaknesses, etc., and wonder how much different--better even--our kids might be if they had a "better" parent. Maybe a more patient parent, one who yells less, one who has their sh** together and isn't such a "hot mess," a better cook, more fun, more this or less that....
The truth is that you are the best parent for them. You are enough. I am enough. All my weaknesses and beautiful flaws even contribute to beautiful seeds in them that are growing & taking root. Some of the very things I saw as deficits in myself, are actually used as a breeding ground/home environment for their creativity, art, imagination, etc.... Sometimes the very things we dislike in ourselves end up being our greatest assets or used to foster strengths in our kids...
When we meditate and let it sink in that we are enough, our eyes become open to the ways we are a gift & not hindrance, etc., to our children.... And as we rest and whatever your faith is, for me it is as I rest in Source/God/the Universe/etc., and know (believe, repeat, accept, embrace, declare, etc) I am enough, then doors open up for my kids that I didn't open but meet the needs, desires, etc., that I couldn't do on my own. From resources to opportunities, in meditation it is in doing dharma & intention meditations, but these things just start happening & helping us the more we step in confidence & self-trust.
You may feel it is too much, your children's needs are greater than what you can meet, that they got the unlucky draw, that they deserve a more qualified or better fit parent. Don't believe that lie. You were chosen & hand-picked. You may be at your, "I can't" wall right now, feeling you can't go any further, but you can. You have all the strength & power in you and just need to tap into it.
You have not made too many parenting fails. You are exactly what your child/ren need and you are enough. Even your beautiful flaws.
Breathe & receive it. Repeat it. I am enough. I am enough. I am enough. Let it sink. Let it rest. And rise up in renewed strength.
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