Releasing Attachment To Outcomes

The kids and I colored some rice for crafts. 
I love the neon food coloring! It was so pretty! 

When I first walked out into the kitchen and saw this, I had a mini-freak-out in my mind. I witnessed that the rice, (that took time and work to create,) was now all mixed together and was being used for for something different than what I intended. I decided to stop and breathe. In that moment, rather than reacting in anger or disappointment, I chose to feel the joy that my children experienced using this rice as "ants" for their anteaters.

Instead of reacting, I shifted my thoughts to gratitude, and let go of my attachment of how I thought that we would be using this rice - in a craft project tomorrow. I recognizing that my children had other ideas - ideas that I would have never considered. If I would have stayed attached to my original idea, it would have robbed my children of the joy and connection that they had playing their new game together. It would have also been limiting their creativity and self-expression.

When you release your attachment to a certain outcome, and choose connection rather than control, 

you enable yourself to respond from the heart, with love.

Peace & Love, Dayna