Guest Blogger: Rabbi Wayne Dosick, Ph.D., D.D

A Promise To Make to Your Children:

Kiss them. Hug them. Tell Them: “I love you”.

A father, leaving on a business trip, kissed his family goodbye. The next day, his young daughter said to her mother, “I shouldn’t have washed off Daddy’s kiss.  It will be a long time before he can kiss me again.” She thought for a moment and then said, “But it’s OK. Daddy’s kiss soaked into my heart.”

In this very uncertain world, your children must be absolutely certain of one thing – that you love them with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might.

Don’t let your children wonder if your love might be conditional – that you love them if they are good little children, if they get good grades, if they are the star of the play or the hero of the game, if they get into a good college, if they get a good job.

They must be sure that you love them not for what they do, but for who they are. They must be sure that you love them regardless of what they do, because of who they are. They must be sure that you will love them always and forever.

Over and over again say to them, “I love you.”
Every day – many times every day – kiss them; hug them; wrap them in your love.

A kiss and a hug have amazing power.
For a kiss and a hug are expressions of love at its closest, its sweetest, its most happy.
And all your children want, all your children crave, all your children need, is your complete, your non-judgmental, your unconditional, your unrestrained, love.
Your love – given freely and fully – delights the heart, inflames the spirit, and transforms the soul.

When there is doubt, your love brings trust.
When there is despair, your love brings hope.
When there is pain, your love brings healing.
When there is grief, your love brings comfort.
When there is fear, your love brings confidence.
When there is anger, your love brings reconciliation.
When there is shame, your love brings reassurance.
When there is transgression, your love brings forgiveness.
When there is satisfaction, your love brings contentment.
When there is achievement, your love brings celebration.
When there is triumph, your love brings jubilation.
When there is bounty, your love brings appreciation.
When there is happiness, your love brings deeper joy.

Your children are hungry for your love - the love that envelops them, and warms them, and makes them glad.
The world is hungry for love – the love that will speak to its battered heart, heal its painful wounds, bring new light to its dark places, and set it, once more, on the course towards goodness and light.

Kiss your children today, and you kiss the world.
Hug your children today, and you hug the world.
Love your children today, and you bring love to the world, for love transcends all limitations of time and place. In the words of the mystic, ” Love has seven hundred wings, and each one extends from the lower Earth to the highest Heaven.”

Love your children – unconditionally and unequivocally – this day and every day.
They are waiting.
And their world is waiting with them.

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RABBI WAYNE DOSICK, Ph.D., D.D., is an educator, writer, spiritual guide and healer, who teaches and counsels about faith and spirit, ethical values, life transformations, and evolving human consciousness.

He is the founder and spiritual leader of The Elijah Minyan; an adjunct professor at the University of San Diego; and the award-winning author of eight books, including the highly acclaimed and much beloved Golden Rules: The Ten Ethical Values Parents Need To Teach Their Children, and with his wife, ELLEN KAUFMAN DOSICK, MSW, Empowering Your Indigo Child: A Handbook for Parents of Children of Spirit.

Articles about Dr. Dosick and his books have appeared in more than 85 newspapers and periodicals; he has been interviewed on more than 145 radio and television shows; and he has spoken to more than 200 audiences throughout the country.

Dr. Dosick has taught youngsters from pre-school through college and graduate school; counseled at summer camps; directed day and supplementary schools, and youth programs; and conducted seminars and retreats for children of all ages and their parents.

He now directs The Soul Center for Spiritual Healing, home of The 17; and The Point of Essence Process — healing for Adult Indigos; and GraceLight: Weaving Harmony for the Littlest Indigos.

These spiritual healings are the project of his heart and the mission of his soul.