We must choose how we will respond for anything !!
By Jotomy
@Jotomy (6322)
India
November 7, 2012 9:19pm CST
Every day we will be experiencing a lot many things, there may be disappointments and disasters and there are many in our lives. I feel it is in our hands to choose life, it may be spiritual or emotional. Spiritual life gives us peace, joy, hope, health and good personal relationships. Who are spiritually emotional will have understanding and they try to maintain a good relationship with the family.
When we are in younger age we may not known the value of the spiritual life and we may don't have time to spend for it always busy with college and studies. And no time to hear to our mother's word that do daily prayer or sit for a while reading god's word. Hence we feel tension and it may lead to mental and physical stress. I feel we must teach our children from the childhood so that they will have a balancing of their life.
Friends share your experience with me.
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7 responses
@jaiho2009 (39141)
• Philippines
8 Nov 12
hello Jo
It's good to see you again my dear :)
Here in our country, the olden days is much different from this modern age.
Children are being taught about religious activities both at home and at school.
Although, there ares till schools that teaches religions, but due to different religious beliefs- the religion subject become optional in many schools.
Most families are still continuing to teach their children about religion and spiritual aspect at an early age.
That is one reason why- there are religious sect that doesn't allow their members to marry someone outside their religion- unless the other person agreed with conversion.
I introduce spiritual life to my kids at an early age, but still it is their prerogative whether to follow my belief or not.
I don't force my kids to digest my belief if it will only lead to misunderstanding.
But I am thankful that my kids follow me without any force.
Have a great day sis
@Jotomy (6322)
• India
8 Nov 12
hi jai, introducing spiritual life to the children is benefited in many ways, they may be having a systematic life, respect people more over they will have stamina mentally, they will develop some optimistic ways. I can't say that introduce religions matters to the children but spiritual, in that way they try to know the world and the people and how they have to be in this world respecting others too. If you introduce a particular religion then they will be having limitations, i feel there should not be limitations for learning good ethics or morals. As a mother i wanted to tell my son there are many religions it is only an adoption of choosing the life in a good path, whatever may be we must respect all. Since in India we have many religions i even doesn't know what and all those. Only i know from my mother is respect people love neighbours that's it and the same i will teach my son also. If they want to have a peace of living in this world i feel this is a must.
I know jai you how you brought up your children, rising children is a big task in woman's life.
Have a great day dear. god blessing to be there to you and to your family.
@jaiho2009 (39141)
• Philippines
8 Nov 12
Same here in our country dear, we have different religions here though the Catholic church dominates the most due to their power over government.
It's really hard to become a parent, but with God's help and guidance- it's easier than we thought
@Jotomy (6322)
• India
10 Nov 12
hey balipromo, dear sorry to say i never compare currency with god or mix with it something else. Whatever may be the country or the currency it is not at all related with the path we are going to apt to reach the god or teach our children about the god. I never try to teach about the currency to my kids, let them study well and try to earn for livelihood that's it.
@mariaperalta (19073)
• Mexico
8 Nov 12
Amen, how things have changed for everyone over the years. here I feel many care more than they did before. Take care- great to see you here again.
@Jotomy (6322)
• India
10 Nov 12
Hi mariaperalta, yes we must take little more care for our children now there are many changes in the living style. May be because women are working and no time to spend with the children to tell more about the god or what they must to or guide them. And children are adopting the other children what they do.
@sjvenden27 (1840)
• United States
8 Nov 12
I read a childrens bible to both of my boys almost every night.. We do not attend a church on Sunday.. I look at it this way we have church everytime we sit down and read.. My oldest will ask questions or comment on what he is hearing.. My youngest loves storytime..
I am proud to say my oldest knows of God, and has a strong faith.. I did not force him to believe one way or another.. He is free to ask any questions.. I answer them to the best of my ablity or find through another source the answer for him..
I believe it has been my faith that has gotten me through life. I am trying to pass on this important lesson to my boys.. Not only through bible stories but in everything that I do.. I try to stay in the light and show my boys this is the right way to live..
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@anggunmelati (551)
• Indonesia
8 Nov 12
The kids can we teach when they still young. I mean , never teach any one if they reach 17 years old. It will be very difficult to teach them. My mother told anything that I have to do when I was kid. And still remember it. Since kid, my mother tech us every thing include how to do our religion way. That's my mother do to their kids
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@Jotomy (6322)
• India
10 Nov 12
Hi anggunmelati, yeah that is nice indeed, even me also i still remember when i was kid my mother used to tell the short stories while sleeping about some moral and god. Those still i remember the same i try to tell my son also. We have a saying in Telugu "mokkei vonganappudu manai vonguna" that means it is very difficult to handle the young people when we didn't handle properly them when they are kids.
@zeedo666 (150)
• Poland
8 Nov 12
It doesn't make sense to teach a child on sprituality because it is too young to understand that. You should wait until the child gets interested in it itself and starts seeking certain knowledge about it. There is a point in our life when we stop following blindly what people teach us and instead we start analyse and question it looking for our own way and creating our own views on the world. We start to filosofy. For me it was when I was 13. Suddenly I got interested in spirituality, psychology, paranormal abilities, hypnosis, NLP etc. I read many books on that and all this was a result of my hunger for knowledge which began by a stimulus that questioned all that I had been taught about religion so far. So I suggest you shouldn't hammer religion into your child's head because it may backfire when the child grows up and start maturate mentally. It's better to wait until this moment and then question its knowledge about the godless world. The child will want itself to learn about spirituality because it will be something completely new to him/her.
btw. I've grown up to be an agnostic freethinker.
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@dpk262006 (58678)
• Delhi, India
18 Nov 12
Hi Jo!
You are right that we must inculcate good habits in our kids and expose them to value of spiritualism. They must be taught time and again what is 'wrong' and what is 'right' and ups and down are part of life. The should also be made aware how to balance their life and how to utilize their precious time.
They should be told the benefits of positive thinking and how to be happy with whatever things and amenities are available in their life.
They should be told that contentment in life is essential, however, they should not deter from their goals till the achieve it.
I understand that with the passage of time our kids get to learn a lot of things with their own experiences.