I believe by now all of you would know that I'm a Yoga instructor.
In the course of my work, some of my students, who are parents, told me I don't understand what it is like to be a parent, cause I'm not one.
However, I disagree.
As an instructor, I feel that I'm like a mother.
And all my students, my children.
Some of them are babies, others toddlers, or much older.
And each of them get different attention and treatment from me.
It is not just about them learning what I know, but also about me knowing each one of them, and what and how much each of them can cope with.
I remembered once a student (a very good student with huge potential) asked me in class, "Why do I keep focusing on her?"
Yet another time, another student asked me after a class, "Why am I so kind and nice to one, and so 'fierce' towards another? It seems so unfair."
My reply was, "Cos' one is still a baby and the other, a child."
If you come in contact with babies before, you'll know what babies are like -
Not cute, not adorable, not pure, not innocent, not cuddly.
That's all physical.
But rather, they know NOTHING.
Yet, they think they know and understand everything.
They can't even stand, let alone crawl, yet they want to go out and play and skip with their older siblings.
They can't wait to grow up.
As I've mentioned in "Mynah and Her Nestling", in parenting, we're loving and educating our kids.
Therefore, right discipline at the right time is paramount, a necessity.
There are times when I'm firm with the 'babies', especially when the situation calls for it.
But usually, I'm stricter towards the 'children', cos' babies don't understand, but children do.
To many, it may seem and appear that I'm unfair, that I show favouritism - that I'm so kind and patient and gentle to some, and so strict and demanding on others.
In Reality, I'm just being a mother to all her children, and expressing my love for them the best way that I can.
And that is, for those who are old enough - for them to learn to be independent, and to guide each and everyone of them to reach their potential.
That's, what Motherhood is to me.
"Knowledge without moral discipline is harmful to society."
- Venerable Kanugolle Rathanasara
"Always take your time in learning things.
It's not about learning it fast, but about learning it well."
"My learning principle : Learn, Master, Perfect, Re-learn.
That way I'm always a learner, a student, a beginner.
And that also means I have no space for EGO."
