A Word From the Dalai Lama

If you had told me 10 years ago that at 26 I'd be married with three kids and 5 curse words away from needing anger management courses, I would've laughed in your face. But if there is anything I've learned in my 26 years of existence, it's that you can't plan your life. I was going to go to New York and be some high up fashion magazine exec and live the life of glamor and glitz. Well, this being in my 17 year old "I can do anything I set my mind to" brain. But life happens, you get thrown curve balls, the Lord reminds you who is in charge and how you will really be happy and here I am. 26 years old, 3 kids, a wonderful but normal best friend that I call my husband and living the daily life of poo streaked, buzz lightyear undies, time-outs, and chubby thighs to kiss all day. That's not to say I don't dream about being famous, maybe writing a book, making out with Jude Law on-screen, or taking the kids on playdates with Tori Spelling (I don't know why I'm so obsessed with her) but I'm learning to realize my potential as a mother and what difference I can make in living life here in my now...

Much of this was precipitated by this interview I read in Time Magazine a week ago with the Dalai Lama. His simple wisdom touched me...

Dalai Lama-

How can we teach our children not to be angry?
Children always look to their parents. Parents should be more calm. You can teach children that you face a lot of problems but you must react to those problems with a calm mind and reason. I have always had this view about the modern education system: we pay attention to brain development, but the development of warmheartedness we take for granted.
Do you believe your time here on earth has been a success?
Hmmm. That's relative. It's so difficult to say. All human life is some part failure and some part achievement.

To read the interview in it's entirety, visit Time Magazine.