“Do not ask your children

to strive for extraordinary lives.

Such striving may seem admirable,

but it is the way of foolishness.

Help them instead to find the wonder

and the marvel of an ordinary life.

Doing the work on you and your own mind can help you find a harmonious place in your relationships even when the other person - teen- young adult or otherwise- isn’t in a space to be able to or doesn’t want to make changes.

Accepting and allowing your teens, young adult children, and partners- as they are and you as you are — with “grace and compassion.” is a beautiful strategy.

We are all imperfect and “a work in progress.”

Relationships are beautiful and often also messy.

Those we love don't always do things as we think they “should.”

Just like we don't do things the way they think we should.

We are all imperfect humans. Our own behavior is all that is in our control. Mindful relationships are about being intentional about this.