Note From The Publisher - Kathryn Brinkley

Dear Readers of Kinetics Magazine:

In the merry month of May, we in the United States of America, unite spiritually to honor the power of maternal love. Mother’s Day is the most celebrated holiday of all, as it well deserves to be. For on this holy day we turn our collective consciousness to the incomparable, universal and eternal value of motherhood and motherlove.

Interestingly enough, the very first Mother’s Day celebration was observed as a small church gathering organized by Mrs. Anna M. Jarvis, a resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the year 1907. However, despite its humble beginning, the spiritual import of this novel idea swelled within the hearts of many as the true significance of the occasion spread throughout the land with palpable celebrity. By 1915, a mere eight years later, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed Mother’s Day a national holiday to be observed on the second Sunday each May.

You know, it has been said, time after time, “The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.” Indeed, no one can deny that the quality of our mothering, as bestowed upon our young today, will help to determine the quality of life experienced around the globe in generations yet to come. Cosmic law teaches us that for every action there is a reaction, even unto the ends of the Universe.

Whether we view motherhood as a profession, an essential task of life, or a spiritual mission, the fact remains that it is a most serious responsibility. It is also a sacred one! As human beings, we learn by doing. As human beings, we learn to love by diligently practicing, with full consciousness, the art of loving. Nowhere else in the human experience are we called upon to practice this art with quite the same sustained and concentrated effort as is demanded through the act of mothering our children. Our children are rare blessings carrying within them the miracles of imagination, hope and truth. By lavishing upon them our time, and tenderness, along with our attention and affection, we do more to secure for them a positive position in tomorrow, than by investing in any college savings program one can think of.

There simply is no substitute for a caring, concerned, involved and self-fulfilled mother, in the life of a child. As mothers, we will invariably find ourselves living in a perpetual state of flux as we vacillate between frustration and bliss, relinquishment and reward. For every mother, living in the moment is more than vital when dealing with our children. For them, life is only now. For us, life shines miraculous when we can remain now oriented along with them. Children are a fascinating combination of tireless energy, potent creativity, ceaseless questioning, real magic, boundless demands and sheer love. Yet, for all the giving, all the sacrificing and for all of the frustration that goes along with mothering, there is no sweeter reward on Earth than the magnificent health, happiness and harmony exuding a well-loved child. Moreover, there is nothing, absolutely nothing, in the physical realm that will keep you more spiritually aware and grounded than daily interaction with children.

I am the mother of six children. In fact, I have spent over 30 years mothering my young. For over twenty-one of those years, I served active duty with my nursing bra securely in place. And quite honestly, it was only my good sense of humor that kept me from losing my mind more than a few times through the years! Yet, from this mature vantage point I now enjoy, I do sincerely say that Mother’s Day is a tribute I gladly accept and wholeheartedly embrace. I have suffered many sleepless nights enveloped in deep despair over situations involving my babies – as I still insist upon referring to them! I have cried my fair share of tears with them, as well as over them. I have also questioned my very sanity, from time to time, yet I have never questioned my decision to welcome into my life these six precious jewels, whom I believe were plucked directly from the crown of Spirit. In loving them, I have learned to love more openly and more unconditionally. In loving them, I have learned the meaning of life. So, it is my deepest desire to heap an extraordinary abundance of praise and thanksgiving upon all mothers. During this time of celebration - dedicated to your selfless acts of love and kindness -  the entire world is soothed by your loving embrace and nurtured by your reassuring presence. What a mother does out of the purity of love, for her very own children, spreads that love around the world, for the betterment of all children.

In closing, I feel prompted to add to this the fact that I recognize the equal responsibility and value fathers have in the lives of our children. All of my sentiments can be summed up through the following quote, “ the greatest gift a father can give to his children is to truly love their mother.”

In the radiance of love,

Kathryn