[Jagriti55] If you miss the Flight ✈ You can Catch the Train 🚂
Awareness is awesome. If I can be aware of all my thoughts and feelings at any moment, I can superbly choose my responses.
But many times my habits of mind kick in and I end up reacting.
To make matters worse, I later feel guilty about it.
To make matters worse, I later feel guilty about it.
We all mess up. We end up doing things, saying stuff that we didn't want to. We regret it.
But think of it, If I have missed the flight, I can always take the slower train to reach the same destination.
I can always go back to the child later, after an hour or the next day or next week or next month or even a year and connect, acknowledge, clarify, listen, discuss, understand ...
Reflection is Resourceful.
Once I settle in my train, I have all the time to reflect! Which is why I like guilt or regret - it gives me time to understand myself, to acknowledge the child, and to explore the many dimensions of any habits of mind.
Once I settle in my train, I have all the time to reflect! Which is why I like guilt or regret - it gives me time to understand myself, to acknowledge the child, and to explore the many dimensions of any habits of mind.
I prefer not berating myself over what I did. The flight has flown.
I can now chug along with my child. We can pause at all stations of importance, enjoy what each feeling was signaling, hobnob with our co-passengers and consider if we need to repack / upgrade our operating system.
Interestingly there are many trains to reflection, catch any, all are equally insightful:
You can also use what we call as tools to help you and the child to reflect - here are some resources on our website:
Finally, here are my seven guidelines to reflection
- Collect
- Collect
- Collect
- Collect
- Imagine and Play
- Imagine and Play
- Put constraints
And yes, if you by chance miss the train too, then head straight to an ice cream parlour with your child and have your favourite ice cream, knowing very well that the world hasn't come to an end as yet. (Invite us too:)
warmly
Aditi-Ratnesh (Ph: +91-98450-45833)
Aarohi is a community of self directed learners - Children who decide what they want to learn, how they want to learn, when they want to learn and use self assessment. We do not follow any philosophy, we follow the child. Aarohi offers an open learning environment at:
Aarohi O-Campus: Bodichipalli Village, Kelamangalam, 16km from Hosur, 55km from Bangalore (in Tamil Nadu) Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/JQx0H
Comments
Post a Comment