When I was feeling emotional after running at the beach this morning, my 10-year-old son said "Oh no, it's not good to go to the beach when you're sad." "Why?" I asked him. "The ocean is so beautiful. It makes you happier if you're happy and sadder if you're sad."  

It's been a rocky few days with my son, who has both ADHD and my emotional wiring. It's hard to see my behaviors reflected back to me in my child, especially behaviors that took me years to modify. The book "The Four Agreements" (Don Miguel Ruiz) really helped me, especially the Second Agreement: "Don't take anything personally."

I am trying to help my son learn this at an early age, but many things in life must be experienced. As a wise woman once said to me, "It's his karmic debt. He has to go through it."