Prayerfulness is a form of communication with a greater power.

Besides, prayerfulness is not exclusive to religious beliefs.

When I refer to raising zen soul seekers, I refer to the dictionary definition that zen is “a state of calm attentiveness in which one’s actions are guided by intuition rather than by conscious effort”.

However, zen is often associated with Buddism.

Many people will call themselves spiritual while denying being religious.

Meditation is a form of prayerfulness as it is a spiritual practice that connects one to a higher divine being.

After all, research suggests that prayerfulness positively impacts mental and physical health, such as stress.

The purpose of prayerfulness is to live mindfully and reflect on one’s past, present or future actions.

Reflecting on past actions helps us feel content with how we behaved or consider what we would do differently given the situation next time.

Doing so brings contentment because we’re either happy or know what to do next when a similar situation arises.

Life provides endless lessons.

If a child learns to reflect on their actions, they are more likely to learn from observing others’ actions. That is a sign of wisdom.

Additionally, it’s important that a child, or anyone for that matter, takes some ‘sacred’ time to sit and be still.

Stillness is a connection to oneself or a greater power.

Consequently, ideas and thoughts come as guidance or answers to questions.

In addition, they will learn to accept and trust their intuition.

Parenting is pretty easy when teaching a child about their character traits and guiding them to take the time out to chill and listen to their intuition.

In conclusion, you become their sounding board so they can talk their thoughts out.

In brief, rather than tell them what to do, you ask questions to help them discover the answers within.

Notwithstanding, like everyone else, your child will go off track now and then.

For some, it might be five minutes, five months or five years.

Everyone’s life journey is different, and our time for each section of our trip requires different timeframes.

However, when their moral compassion has ethical foundations, such as kindness, generosity, caring, compassion and wisdom, then as a parent, you feel you’ve done your job well.