Parental paradise looks different to different people…sort of like the definition of financial independence. It’s definition depends on the person. You are in parental paradise right now and don’t even know it!

Whatever the circumstances and experiences you are going through right now, it is exactly as you have requested, maybe unconsciously… I know, I know there are some who are going through some pretty rough experiences right now. No one wants to think they are asking for a mess or attracting hardship but we are ‘made’, ‘born’ to ask and receive. The asking may have been ‘unconscious’.

We ‘create’ ALL the time. Thinking back over my life, I did a LOT of ‘unconscious creating’. Fortunately, my Mama put enough spiritual stop-gaps in there that I did not totally self-destruct! I think back over some of the things I did and I know that by The Grace of God, and on more than one occasion, I was spared death! That was her doing. I weep at the beauty of it though at the time my lessons at home were being instilled I didn’t truly appreciate them. You know that drill….

Where is the place of paradise we want to be as parents? Is it with obedient and respectful children who do as we ask the first time we ask? Is it with happy, healthy children who love to do their household chores and homework? Perhaps, they love sports and endeavor to bring home all ‘A’s as their grades because they find it oh so fulfilling to do so. They’re thoughtful, considerate and volunteer at the Senior Center because, gosh darn it, it’s just the right thing to do! They understand The Golden Rule and CAREFULLY live by it because YOU do! sigh…so beautiful.

That paradise is possible and some even have it but what about you? What is your paradise? Please describe in the comments below what yours looks like…your parental paradise.