slacker mommy files

    I am now trying to study here at home. It’s more like self-studying. One of the things I am studying again is Zen. I am trying to find ways to control, if not, manage my temper. Having two children, one of them a precocious two-year-old and the other a two-month-old. It could be very hard at times especially when they go berserk at the same time. It is hard to keep your cool then. If I am not careful, I might end up shouting at, or worse, hurting my child. I am not proud of it, but it happens. To those who are not Filipinos, please be informed that in our culture, some sort of physical discipline is acceptable. It could be a slap on the wrists or the buttocks. But it should stop right there. Anything more than that constitutes abuse. Anyway, as I have said, I am afraid that I could hurt my child if I lose my temper with her. So I am trying to study Zen.

    Now I have downloaded an audiobook entitled Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind. It’s still too early to give a verdict, but I hope it would be of help to me. So, wish me luck!