Kids reflect your mood

There is a scene in Karate Kid (2010), where Xiao Dre sees a lady practising her mives in front of a snake and he thinks she is copying the movement of the snake.
Jackie Chan, who hears this responds by saying that it is the snake that is copying her, and goes on to demonstrate it by showing reflections on water being still and slightly disturbed. He says that when the the lady is like the still water and the snake her reflection.

Have you ever noticed your mood fluctuations with your kids? Why do we lose our temper on them on certain really small things and some times, let them get away with some big mistakes with a warning?

It really depends on our mood doesnt it? And kids I feel can sense it. 

We react to them depending on our mood. If we are happy, we let things go by while we play with them. When we are disturbed and worried, it reflects in the way we react to their behaviour, and even a small act can set us off.

They are the still water, reflecting our state of mind. If we too are still, we too can tap into their innocence, their childlike curiosity, their wonderment and carefreeness and really bask in the moments of unfathomable happiness.

But we rarely do that, we in fact, try and control them to our measure. We can learn from them, the same way they are learning from us. 

So, as Bruce Lee says. Be water my friend. And I'll add, still, not sparkling. 






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