What could meditation mean to a foster
mother who has learned to
arise at 5:15 each day, in order to have 10
minutes of quiet before she begins the careful morning ritual needed
for awakening her deeply troubled child without a meltdown? What
could meditation mean to an adoptive father sitting alone at midnight,
pondering what was happening to the peace of his home, the safety
of his other children, and the intimacy he used to share with his
wife? Could meditation make a difference to those foster or adoptive
families who are on the brink of placement disruption, who are about
to conclude they can simply not make it through another day?
Use these meditations in any way that suits you. There is no right or
wrong way. If you find one that particularly speaks to you, you may
find yourself listening to it every day, at about the same time. Maybe
you will invite your spouse to join you, on the screened-in porch.
Maybe you will listen to the entire CD on certain nights of despair, or
listen to a funny one in the kitchen, while whistling. But it is my hope
that you will find something herein that restores hope, that challenges
your feelings of impotence, that reminds you why your efforts are far
from being in vain.
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