Comments on: Learning Through Parenthood, A Humbling Experience http://meetjohnsong.com/2010/01/06/learning-through-parenthood-a-humbling-experience/ A blog Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:33:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Pam Hoelzle http://meetjohnsong.com/2010/01/06/learning-through-parenthood-a-humbling-experience/#comment-578 Sun, 10 Jan 2010 06:48:34 +0000 http://meetjohnsong.com/?p=1096#comment-578 Thanks for the transparency John. It’s so interesting how time and experience helps us ‘parents’ wake up. I was around a 6 year old yesterday and actually had tears in my eyes as I thought about how my time and experience would have been different with my own kids, now 20 and 16 had I been as detached as I am now. Back then I was attached to performance and behavior and I missed out on the moment. I was so caught up in business an orchestrating a perfect life for everyone I was eternally on the hamster wheel; both in my head and the workplace.

Amazingly, my kids also have lived thru my immaturity and my desire to control and shape them. These days I think parenting is much more about stewarding and letting go and resourcing than dictating, disciplining and controlling. Hmmm I guess the good thing that happens along this path of becoming is if we pay attention, we might just wake up enough to enjoy the blessings before our trip is over…

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