Parenting and Family
How can I adjust if I care greatly about clients but often forget my own family?
English translation draft · Based on the Chinese article. This is not a word-for-word translation approved by Master Shengyuan.
First consider whether you bring that care home too. Willingness to help others is good. In relating to family, also ask whether you express love and understand how they have been lately.
A student and I once cared about a client’s mother and often asked how she was, hoping her condition would improve. One day the student suddenly wondered whether they were failing in filial care: continually asking about someone else’s mother while seldom checking on their own. That reminded me too that helping others can still leave those most familiar to us neglected.
Once you notice, begin adjusting. If you can offer patience and care to strangers, try bringing it into family interactions so they feel they matter. If you hope family understand the value of practice, first put the principles into action and genuinely change your relationship. That shows them more than continually saying how good practice is.