It is a fact that Grannies worry about their grandchildren! But we Grannies need to be careful not to let the worry creep into meditation because once in there, worries escalate and breed more worries. So keep your worries light and talk to other Grannies and you will realise that lots of Grannies think like you.
They worry about the names you are giving the children, one Granny I know has just had a new grandson called Phoenix! Grannies worry that the grandchildren are disappearing into cyberspace through the i pad and that they don't know what is happening to them there. Gone is the security of danger being a wasp on a blackcurrant jam sandwich or tar on the beach and we worry now about the content of books and newspapers and text messages. Grannies are coming round to realising that grandchildren living with boyfriends is a fact they can't control and it may not be all bad. If Grannies stay married to the original Grandpa and provide the link to blackcurrant jam sandwiches, cold water swimming and bracing walks and make the link in the grandchildren's minds that this is the stuff of security and life, that, along with Kate and William as the ideal family model, may keep the things that Grannies value alive.
The best thing that meditating Grannies can do is to maintain the link to the peace of meditation which we should be able, through our own love of it, to pass on to our children and grandchildren, even if we have to wait for them to need it. Grannies lecturing on the things they think are best are a real turn off but if they are really nice, they will win the hearts of their grandchildren no problem.
Thank you for this post. How reassuring, especially the last paragraph. I express my gratitude for the gems I've often discovered on this blog <3
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